Rapper Ja Rule pledges portion of NFT proceeds to Jackson State football

Rapper Ja Rule has pledged a portion of the proceeds from an upcoming NFT collection to select HBCU's including Jackson State University according to his Instagram page.

"Be a part of something beautiful. July 14th get on the Blacklist now ... 1000 1 of 1s part of the proceeds going to support HBCU's Hampton, Morgan, Spelman, Morehouse, and Jackson St," wrote Ja Rule.

Jackson State coach Deion Sanders, who liked and shared the post on his Instagram page, said that all of the contributions earmarked for JSU will go to JSU's football program.

"I wanna thank my brother Ja Rule for hitting me up and including our program in his heart along with several other HBCUs," Sanders wrote." My brother, I've always admired and respected u from afar but this is a true blessing for our team. All his proceeds allocated to us will go directly to the Jackson State football program because we certainly have needs. God bless u my brother!!!"

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It's the second big donation to JSU football from a rapper this week. Diddy announced a $1 million pledge at the BET Awards on Sunday.