Hip hop star Flavor Flav, left, and U.S. discus thrower Veronica Fraley.
Soon after a U.S. Olympian posted that she was in need of financial assistance, Flavor Flav, founding member of the hip-hop group Public Enemy and a big fan of USA Water Polo, responded: "I gotchu."The Associated Press Vanderbilt's discus thrower and Olympian Veronica Fraley lamented on social media that she needed help paying the rent.
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 US and writing, "'Murica." In her post, Fraley alluded to the fact that her school pays about 75 per cent of her rent while "they pay football players enough to buy new cars and houses." She added three "thumbs-down" emojis. The Commodores football team went 2-10 last season, while Fraley won the NCAA discus title this season, set the school record and earned a spot on Team USA at U.S. Olympic track trials.
I gotchu,,, DM me and I’ll send payment TODAY so you don’t have to worry bout it TOMORROW,,, and imma be rooting for ya tomorrow LETZ GO,!!!She also started a GoFundMe page that has raised $12,041 of her $20,000 US goal. She appreciated the gesture of Flav and Ohanian and wrote: "THANKYOU FlavorFlav SO MUCH. This makes every difference in the WORLD & I hope to represent team USA well this week.
Flav said he will be rooting for her and added "LETZ GO,!!!" The rapper is in Paris as part of his duties as the official hype man for USA Water Polo — a partnership that came together after he connected with U.S. captain Maggie Steffens on Instagram in May.
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