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Ludacris appeared on 'The Ellen Show' to give $10,000 to a father-daughter duo who founded an app that allows kids to communicate with imprisoned parents.

Ludacris made a recent appearance on The Ellen Show to surprise JayAina Jay Jay Patton and her father Antoine, the father-daughter duo behind the Photo Patch Foundation. Together, they built an app that allows kids to send photos and letters to their parents in prison, with the organization helping 70,000 families send over a million photos to date. With Antoine spending seven years behind bars when Jay Jay was just three years old, the foundations purpose hits close to home. In fact, Antoine learned to code in jail and passed the knowledge onto his daughter when he got out. Jay Jays success with the Photo Patch Foundation has encouraged her to help more Black women get into the tech industry. Right now, Im on a mission to help 10,000 girls of color get into the world of tech and start their career path, she said. Just for me, theres not much representation of people who look like me in the world of tech and I know other little girls want to get into this world, but they dont see that they can do it. So, I want to be that guide and help them do it and just start them off with their career. We actually have a scholarship fund as well that were raising awareness for to help these women and girls start their career and just let them know that they can do. A post shared by Photo Patch Foundation (@photopatchfoundation) Ellen Degeneres surprised the pair by bringing Ludacris onto the stage to praise their efforts and present a $10,000 check. I love what you guys are doing, absolutely love what youre doing, he said. I have family members that are incarcerated all they ever ask for are pictures. You guys are connecting the world. I have my own foundation that helps facilitate dreams for young ladies like yourself. Read more