{"id":1516,"date":"2018-02-19T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T20:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=1516"},"modified":"2018-06-20T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T12:22:09","slug":"drake-initiates-gods-plan-challenge-inspire-others-pay-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/drake-initiates-gods-plan-challenge-inspire-others-pay-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Initiates A \u2018God\u2019s Plan\u2019 Challenge To Inspire Others To Pay It Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XUqRem0W8L8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"about:blank\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s generosity has been shining lately, and now the hip-hop artist wants to encourage others to pay it forward as well, in efforts to spread much-needed compassion, love, and kindness throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>In his recent \u2018God\u2019s Plan\u2019 video, Drake humbly donated nearly $1 million to Miami\u2019s community. Gifts such as a full-ride college scholarship, paying for all shoppers\u2019 groceries, a toy drive, and hefty donations to organizations in need were all demonstrated in the heartwarming video. Of course, the majority of us don\u2019t have $1 million to donate, but the \u2018God\u2019s Plan\u2019 challenge isn\u2019t about money. Instead, it\u2019s simply about bringing joy to others, and realizing that even the smallest good deed can have a lasting impact.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1518\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1518\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drakeee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drakeee.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drakeee-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/drakeee-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Drake took to Instagram to provide the guidelines for the challenge, stating \u201cI am going to challenge everyone to just go out and do something for someone, anything, the smallest thing just to bring another human being some joy.\u201d The Grammy-Award winner goes on to say, \u201cJust be kind in any way you can and let\u2019s all watch the world be nice to each other, even if it\u2019s just for 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no hidden message or ulterior motive here\u2013Drake says that the challenge isn\u2019t a marketing ploy, and that participants of the challenge \u201cdon\u2019t have to play the song in the background or have some hashtag. This isn\u2019t about streams and all the other tactics being used.\u201d The ultimate goal is to spread kindness, as the world is in great need of it. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to Drake for using his platform to promote positivity and compassion! In the comments below, let us know how you plan on paying it forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake\u2019s generosity has been shining lately, and now the hip-hop artist wants to encourage others to pay it forward as well, in efforts to spread much-needed compassion, love, and kindness throughout the world. In his recent \u2018God\u2019s Plan\u2019 video, Drake humbly donated nearly $1 million to Miami\u2019s community. Gifts such as a full-ride college scholarship, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,176],"tags":[57,31,51],"class_list":["post-1516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-news","tag-drake","tag-featured","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}