Vanderbilt’s discus thrower and Olympian Veronica Fraley lamented on social media that she needed help paying the rent.

Hip-hop artist Flavor Flav and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian decided to help.

Soon after Fraley posted on the social media platform, X, that she was in need of financial assistance, Flav, founding member of the hip-hop group Public Enemy and a big fan of USA Water Polo, responded: “I gotchu.”

Right on top that, Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and husband of tennis star Serena Williams, wrote: “Got you!” He followed through, too, by posting a picture of paying $7,760.00 and writing, "’Murica.”

  • geogle@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, the USA is unique in having people below the poverty line and looking for help. :/

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      3 months ago

      I mean, there’s a commonality between the US and with a lot of these other poor countries where people can’t afford rent or food… A certain economic system…