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He then announces his sizable donation.</p><div class="sharethrough-container" data-reactid="161"><div class="tsm-ad tsm-ad-oop" data-reactid="162"><div id="tsm-ad-sharethrough-oop-1" data-reactid="163"><!-- dynamic ad --></div></div></div><p data-reactid="164">&quot;Houston &amp; Texas in general has always shown me so much love. Crazy what&#x27;s happening...just donated $35,000 to the Red Cross. Keep the faith,&quot; Russ wrote in the tweet.</p><p data-reactid="165"><!-- react-text: 166 -->In making his donation, Russ joined a growing list of rappers helping those <!-- /react-text --><a href="http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/08/drake-nicki-minaj-houston-hurricane-harvey/" data-reactid="167"><!-- react-text: 168 -->affected by Hurricane Harvey.<!-- /react-text --></a><!-- react-text: 169 --> Drake and his longtime friend Future The Prince worked with relief groups in Houston to help everyone affected by the storm, and Nicki Minaj donated $25,000. 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You can't do anything but respect that.\r\n\r\nCheck out Russ' tweet announcing his donation below.\r\n\r\nhttps://twitter.com/russdiemon/status/902653483387678720\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here Are the 2017 Hip-Hop Music Festivals You Need to See</strong></p>\r\n[gallery galleryid=\"812:654238\" galleryindex=\"0\" ids=\"655195,655189,656306,656313,655193,655188,662980,655192,660761,655187,655191,655190,660801\" enablefullscreen=\"yes\" showthumbs=\"no\"]\r\n\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJZTFLx5MZg&t=3s","content":"\n<figure id=\"attachment_711752\" class=\"content-post-image alignnone\"><span class=\"image-frame\"><noscript><img src=\"http://www.xxlmag.com/files/2017/08/Russ-concert.jpeg?w=630&amp;h=420&amp;zc=1&amp;s=0&amp;a=t&amp;q=89\"></noscript>\n<img class=\"size-630scaled wp-image-711752 lazy\" src=\"//s3.amazonaws.com/tsm-images/global/1x1.gif\" alt=\"Matt Cowan, Getty Images\" data-width=\"630\" data-height=\"420\" data-type=\"post\" datasrc=\"http://www.xxlmag.com/files/2017/08/Russ-concert.jpeg?w=630&amp;h=420&amp;zc=1&amp;s=0&amp;a=t&amp;q=89\"></span><figcaption>Matt Cowan, Getty Images</figcaption></figure><p>Lives were irreversibly altered when Hurricane Harvey passed through Texas a few days ago. In the wake of the disaster, rappers from every part of the country have done their best to <a href=\"http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2017/08/cupcakke-donates-over-2000-dollars-houston-family-lost-six-hurricane-harvey/\">help those affected by the storm</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.xxlmag.com/tags/russ/\">Russ</a> is one of them. On Tuesday (Aug. 29), the rapper used his Twitter account to reveal he had donated a large sum to the Red Cross in Houston.</p>\n<p>In the tweet, Russ laments the fact that Texas, a place he feels has shown him love throughout his career, is experiencing such a tragedy. 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