Cardi B will pay for the burial costs of the 17 victims of the fire in a building in the Bronx.
Of the people who lost their lives,
eight were children
.
The rapper,
originally from the Bronx
, will also pay for the transfer of some bodies to Gambia, a country from which several victims came.
"I am extremely proud to be from the Bronx - said the artist in a statement -. I have many family and friends who still live and work there. When I heard about the fire and all the victims I felt the need to do something" .
The funeral of most of the people killed in the fire caused by a malfunctioning electric heater took place at the Islamic Cultural Center, also in the Bronx.
In support of the families involved in the fire there is also a fund of over two million dollars.