The Shawn Carter Foundation has supported youth basketball tournaments in the Marcy Houses in Brooklyn, NY for the past seven years. Over the past two years, alongside the Tyrone “Baldy” Foundation, hundreds of youth have gathered to participate in friendly competition before the start of the school year. Resources and achievement awards such as uniforms, school supplies, backpacks, trophies and other items are gifted to the youth in order to evoke a sense of community, excitement for education and establish a determination to succeed.