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Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper giving away $250K to ones in need, fans call it ‘highlight in horrible time’

‘Thanks for the love on Holy. @chancetherapper and I are partnering with Cash App to give away a total of $250k today to those affected by these hard times,’ Bieber announced on Twitter

Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper released their brand new single titled ‘Holy’ a week ago and its official music video sheds light on life, destiny, surviving loss, and love. The gospel track instantly debuted at the top of the iTunes charts and Bieber and Chance have now joined hands to giveaway a total of $250,000 to the fans going through hard times, somewhere relating to the concept of their new single.

Bieber, who has 112.5 million followers on Twitter, posted the message regarding the same. The tweet read, “Thanks for the love on Holy. @chancetherapper and I are partnering with Cash App to give away a total of $250k today to those affected by these hard times. Tell us your story if you feel like sharing. To enter drop your $cashtag & use #JBChanceHoly.”

Chance also shared an identical tweet, which read, “Thanks for the love on Holy. @justinbieber and I are partnering with Cash App to give away a total of $250k today to those affected by these hard times. Tell us your story if you feel like sharing. To enter drop your $cashtag & use #JBChanceHoly.”

The announcement encouraged the users to share their stories on Twitter with the hashtag “#JBChanceHoly.” Soon thereafter, fans stormed the micro-blogging site with their personal stories where some of them also got lucky with the $500 cash prize. One lucky fan, who got the money, tweeted, “JUSTIN I AM SOBBING AND SHAKING AT WORK YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH THIS WILL HELP US! Thank you SO MUCH! I COULD NEVER THANK YOU ENOUGH! LOVE YOU SO MUCH! #JBCHANCEHOLY.” While sharing their personal story, one user posted, “#JBChanceHoly Plz Plz see me. 37 year old single mom of 2 laid off 4-12 car repoed mid May. Baby bro passed & I am left w his bills now too. $86 wk on UI left me not eligible for LWA. My kids and I never know day to day if lights will be cut off or if we will have enough food.”

One individual stated, “Winning this would really be a highlight in the horrible time I’ve had in these past couple of months!!! anything helps!! $leonardom16 #JBChanceHoly @justinbieber @chancetherapper.” Another user added, “You are going to help out a lot of people that are struggling financially during this hard time. Thank you so much for this, this is such a sweet gesture.”

‘Holy’ has already racked up close to 34 million views on YouTube within a week. In the official music video, the 27-year-old Canadian pop icon plays the role of a worker who loses his job in the midst of the pandemic, but he keeps himself strong with the help of love and spirituality. The chorus of the song goes like, “The way you hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me/feels so holy, holy, holy, holy, holy.”

Chance raps on the same theme with lyrics like, “I know I ain’t leaving you, like I know he ain’t leaving us/ I know we believe in God and I know God believe in us.”

You can check the official video of ‘Holy’ here:

 
This is not the first time when Bieber and Chance have come together for a project. They go way back in 2013 when the Chicago rapper had contributed a verse to Bieber’s ‘Confident.’ Since then, both the artistes have worked on ‘Juke Jam,’ ‘I’m the One’ and ‘No Brainer.’