Wiz Khalifa Helped Revamp This Sydney Skate Park Like a Champ

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If Wiz Khalifa has time to help the community out, you'd better find some time in that not-so-internationally-touring schedule of yours. The 28-year-old American rapper yesterday dropped by the Weave Skate Park Project Plan in Waterloo to do his bit for Optus RockCorps, a huge community service initiative and concert project running over the last eight weeks in Sydney. Khalifa was on the ground yesterday meeting volunteers like a boss and helping to paint and revitalise the skate park. What a dude.

Now in its third year in Australia, Optus RockCorps is a global youth project that gives people the chance to get involved in volunteering to make a real difference in their communities — and in return, they earn sweet, sweet tickets. Over the past few weeks, over 3000 Sydneysiders have been volunteering just four hours of their time each (that's over 12,000 volunteered hours) at over 40 different community groups.

It's all out of the goodness of their hearts — and quietly in return for a ticket to see an exclusive, live concert with some of the world’s biggest artists, including Khalifa, Peking Duk (who've been doing their own spot of volunteering), The Veronicas and Raury at Luna Park's Big Top on September 30. You couldn't buy tickets to this gig, only volunteer your time. Suffice to say, ticketholders will be feeling pretty chuffed tonight, both for helping their communities and finding themselves front and centre for Wiz Khalifa. Everyone wins.

Image: Optus RockCorps.