+the news
Tyler Perry pays $150,000 for Nat King Cole's piano
Written by . Published: August 29 2015
Filmmaker Tyler Perry has bought one of jazz legend Nat King Cole's old pianos for $150,000 .
The actor/director has purchased a Steinway B concert grand piano played by Cole and other jazz greats including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mel Torme and Oscar Peterson.
According to the New York Daily News, all proceeds from the sale
will go to Generation Hope, a charity founded by Cole's twin
daughters, Timolin and Casey, which promotes music education in
South Florida public schools.
The cause of promoting arts education for children is one that is
close to Perry's heart - in 2012, he paid $100,000 to support rap
mogul Russel Simmons' Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, which
gives underprivileged kids access to arts programs.