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Music executive raises $20,000 to lay Detroit's deceased to rest

12:00 PM on 12/17/2009

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After recently launching "May WE Rest in Peace", a non-profit organization to give back to the city of Detroit, music executive Shanti Das has been able to raise $20,000 since its initial beginnings in October.

The funds have been raised to cover the burial of unclaimed bodies that have been left lying in Detroit's morgue freezer. At a count of 67 bodies, the money will be able to cover 20 burials.

Continued at HipHopWired.com