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Ted Cruz Went to Cancun. This Rapper Gave Out Free Water to Houston.

Hometown Hero

Amid rampant price-gouging and a certain U.S. senator being a jerk, A.J. McQueen stood up.

Michael Daly

Special Correspondent

Updated Feb. 19, 2021 6:05PM ET / Published Feb. 19, 2021 5:24PM ET 
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As Ted Cruz was fleeing Houston on Wednesday, the rapper and water company entrepreneur A.J. McQueen was out on the city’s frozen streets, delivering free bottles of his purified best to a desperate city.

“I want to help those in need,” he posted on Instagram. “DM me if you are out of water. I will try my best to get to you today. I’m gonna do this until I run out. Only for those that are IN NEED (Elderly, those with kids, sick, etc.)”

One immediate response read, “My mom has no water. We have a grandma with Párkinson, [sic] and my siblings.”

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    Special Correspondent

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