Kevin Hart urges donations for hurricane Harvey victims

Los Angeles Aug 29 (IANS) Actor Kevin Hart has urged celebrities to donate towards helping victims of Hurricane Harvey.

Due to the hurricane more than 30 000 people have been forced to take refuge in emergency shelters including some that had opened in cities far inland like Dallas more than 200 miles from Houston.

The "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" actor has donated a large amount of money to the Red Cross to help those affected by the storm and asked celebrities like Drake Usher Ludacris and Chris Brown to do the same reports aceshowbiz.com.

Hart took to Instagram to say that he "will be calling out celebs daily".

"Okay my Harvey Hurricane donation site is now live and set up. Yesterday I called out a lot of people today I m calling out more man. Instead of doing $25 million I give $50 million " he said in a video.

"Today I call out T.I. I call out Nelly my boy Usher Ludacris James Harden the rest of Houston Rockets (players) in general. I call out my man Chris Brown Drake simply anybody right now who s in a powerful position " Hart added.

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