Music industry veteran Shanti Das recently launched the nonprofit organization, May WE Rest in Peace, to give back to the city of Detroit, whose ongoing economic hardships have affected more than the city, the state, and its living residents. Just launched in October 2009, Das has thus far raised $20,000 to cover 20 burials in Detroit, with early support from artists such as Busta Rhymes, Akon, the Kid Rock Foundation in the name of Detroit Clothing Company, and other generous donors.

With 67 bodies and counting lying unclaimed in Detroit’s morgue freezer, CNNMoney gave light in October 2009 to another hardship resulting from these current dark economic times for Detroit. 67 of Detroit’s deceased, some who have been deceased for up to 5 years, were piling up in the morgue, with no timeline for burial due to the economic hardships of their loved ones and the exhausted budget of the city. Coming across this story online, former Universal/Motown Records music executive Shanti Das was struck to help out the city of Motown lay to rest their unclaimed deceased, and immediately launched May WE Rest in Peace.

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