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Jaden Smith reveals his "long-term goal" is to feed the unhoused on Los Angeles' Skid Row
"That's my real golden dream," he said in a TikTok posted on Saturday, Feb. 14
Smith said he hopes to use his "I Love You" brand to achieve his goals
Jaden Smithdreams of doing good!
The musician, 27, revealed his hopes of feeding the unhoused on Los Angeles' Skid Row and spreading positivity with his platform. Ina TikTok postedon Saturday, Feb. 14, Smith shared his dreams of leveraging hisI Love Youbrand to achieve his goal.
"Honestly, my dream in life is to have a building on Skid Row where I can give out free meals every single day: breakfast, lunch, dinner," Smith said. "I can do things inside of it. I can create jobs and a good vibe. That's my dream. That's my long-term goal."
He continued, "I just want you guys to come along this journey with me and I want the I Love You community to support me while I'm trying to do this. That's my real golden dream."
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Smith's vegan I Love You Restaurant started as a food truck in 2019. The non-profit serves free vegan meals, as Smith "believes everyone deserves access to the healthiest food options, no matter their financial situations," per the brand's website. Along with serving fresh meals, I Love You donates clothes and aims to spread love, peace and happiness.
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Though Smith's non-profit, I Love You, doesn't have a brick-and-mortar store or a permanent location, he hopes to have one in Skid Row in the future. "We don't have a place that we can be set up at all times, but I want to have that, and I want the community to help us get there in the future," he shared.
"Our big vision is to create the I Love You headquarters where we can serve 3 free meals a day every day and eventually have them all over the country and the world," according to the site.
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In a recent interview withHypebeast, Smith expressed that working on his 2019 albumERYSwas the catalyst for creating I Love You.
"When I was making theERYSalbum, that's when I was really confronted with what was going down on Skid Row," he said. "All of the music videos for that album were shot in downtown LA. I realized I can't just come here and, like, use the backdrop that's been created, without giving back."
The actor, who starred inThe Pursuit of Happynessalongside his fatherWill Smith, noted that the movie also shaped his dreams of serving the unhoused community. "We hired homeless people to be extras in the film, and it's part of the reason why the movie feels so real," he said.
He continued, "That also just really engraved the realities of Skid Row into my brain. Those early experiences on Skid Row, combined with the experience ofERYS,just made me have this feeling of wanting to actively give back."
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