When he’s not busy showing kids that, actually, you can be pretty successful and get featured on “MTV Cribs” without really having reading comprehension skills beyond a fourth grade level, Daddy Yankee is handing out scholarships to kids with violent pasts:

Daddy Yankee has decided to fight violence with education, and to do so his foundation is teaming up with the Ana G. Méndez University System and the Juvenile Institutions Administration in Puerto Rico to start up the Edúcate con Impacto project, which will provide scholarships for young people who have committed a crime.

“Once you get an education, you’re free. And these scholarships are to help them get ahead, so they don’t get arrested. There’s always a chance to get back on track,” the artist expressed at a press conference in Puerto Rico where the project was announced.

That’s cool. How about fighting violence against women by portraying them as something other than accessories for your tricked-out car? Reading is cool and all, but if you can’t learn to read between the lines, well. Then you’re just a singer handing out money.

Daddy Yankee to Give Scholarships to Troubled Kids [People en Español]