Rapper Quavo, who lost his nephew and fellow Migos member Takeoff to gun violence last year, is turning his grief into action.

The Grammy-nominated rapper and philanthropist joined forces with the Community Justice Action Fund to meet with members of Congress in Washington, DC on Wednesday for a panel discussion on gun violence prevention.

Led by Georgia Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock, the panel discussed effective community intervention strategies as well as gun violence in Quavo’s native Georgia and the power of art and culture in anti-gun violence advocacy.

The artiste was devastated by the death of Takeoff, who was shot and killed last November outside of a private party the pair was attending in Houston, Texas.

Takeoff was 28 at the time of his death.

Takeoff’s mother accompanied Quavo along with Quavo’s mother to the nation’s capital for the event.

Meanwhile, Quavo also visited US Vice President Kamala Harris where he reportedly said “I need to step up to the plate and hit a home run. I have to do something about it, so it won’t happen to the masses—especially in our culture. I don’t want this to happen to the next person. I want to knock down these percentages.”