At US Open will fight against AIDS

American rapper Jay-Z (real name - Shawn Corey Carter) has designed a T-shirt for sale at the U.S. Open in New York.

During football games will be shown Arthur Ashe, and it will be sold exclusively from 31 August to 13 September in the US Open. Funds from the sale of T-shirts will go to a fund to fight AIDS, reports AP.


Recall that the Arthur Ashe - tennis player is black. He became the first among blacks, who achieved significant success in tennis, winning three tournaments in a career «Grand Slam». In 1969 he was recognized as the best sportsman of the United States. Ashe died in 1993 from AIDS, who was infected in 1988 during a blood transfusion. In honor of Arthur Ashe called a central tennis court, which held matches of US Open.