Hip-hop artist Flavor Flav, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian step up to pay rent for American discus thrower
Flavor Flav cheers the U.S. team during a women's water polo Group B preliminary match between the United States and France, at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 2, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France.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.
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.
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