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<blockquote data-quote="HotNewHipHop" data-source="post: 9097" data-attributes="member: 83">A lot of rappers have launched scholarship funds in the past year alone. Artists like 21 Savage, Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Scott, and more have announced e<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/21-savage-and-chime-giving-out-s100k-in-scholarships-for-bank-account-financial-literacy-campaign-news.143181.html" target="_blank">fforts to help their fans pay off their college tuition</a>. Lil Uzi, for example, agreed to pay off a student's tuition after being approached at the mall in 2019. Fast forward, and the rapper <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-uzi-vert-fan-graduates-college-after-rapper-promises-to-pay-his-tuition-news.144202.html" target="_blank">didn't forget his promise to pay off the tuition if the student graduated</a>.<img src="https://ssl.ulximg.com/public/userfiles/2022/03/08/GettyImages-1349896450%20%281%29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Unfortunately, this approach only works on someone like Lil Uzi Vert. Cordae found himself fielding a request from a fan at a recent concert who held a sign that said, &quot;Pay my college tuition.&quot; Cordae stopped the show for a moment to acknowledge the sign and hit the fan with a big fat no.&quot;What does your sign say? 'Pay my college tuition.' N***a, hell no. Do I look like Lil Uzi or something?&quot; he said.Cordae's previously embarked on philanthropic efforts geared towards post-secondary education. Last year, the rapper appeared on Music for the Movement Volume III – Liberated in celebration of Juneteenth. Shortly after its release, Cordae announced that all his proceeds from the soundtrack would be donated towards scholarship funds for <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cordae-teams-up-with-disney-to-fund-hbcu-scholarships-news.134043.html" target="_blank">students from disenfranchised communities hoping to get into HBCUs. </a>&quot;So many people need the money more than I do. I feel as though when you’re in such a blessed position, it’s important to pay that forward to be a blessing to others. It’s especially important to me to invest in our youth and the future,&quot; Cordae said in a statement at the time.<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cordae-says-hes-not-lil-uzi-vert-after-fan-requests-tuition-money-news.148793.html" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="HotNewHipHop, post: 9097, member: 83"] A lot of rappers have launched scholarship funds in the past year alone. Artists like 21 Savage, Megan Thee Stallion, Travis Scott, and more have announced e[URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/21-savage-and-chime-giving-out-s100k-in-scholarships-for-bank-account-financial-literacy-campaign-news.143181.html']fforts to help their fans pay off their college tuition[/URL]. Lil Uzi, for example, agreed to pay off a student's tuition after being approached at the mall in 2019. Fast forward, and the rapper [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/lil-uzi-vert-fan-graduates-college-after-rapper-promises-to-pay-his-tuition-news.144202.html']didn't forget his promise to pay off the tuition if the student graduated[/URL]. [IMG]https://ssl.ulximg.com/public/userfiles/2022/03/08/GettyImages-1349896450%20%281%29.jpg[/IMG] Unfortunately, this approach only works on someone like Lil Uzi Vert. Cordae found himself fielding a request from a fan at a recent concert who held a sign that said, "Pay my college tuition." Cordae stopped the show for a moment to acknowledge the sign and hit the fan with a big fat no. "What does your sign say? 'Pay my college tuition.' N***a, hell no. Do I look like Lil Uzi or something?" he said. Cordae's previously embarked on philanthropic efforts geared towards post-secondary education. Last year, the rapper appeared on [I]Music for the Movement Volume III – Liberated[/I] in celebration of Juneteenth. Shortly after its release, Cordae announced that all his proceeds from the soundtrack would be donated towards scholarship funds for [URL='https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cordae-teams-up-with-disney-to-fund-hbcu-scholarships-news.134043.html']students from disenfranchised communities hoping to get into HBCUs. [/URL] "So many people need the money more than I do. I feel as though when you’re in such a blessed position, it’s important to pay that forward to be a blessing to others. It’s especially important to me to invest in our youth and the future," Cordae said in a statement at the time. [url="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/cordae-says-hes-not-lil-uzi-vert-after-fan-requests-tuition-money-news.148793.html"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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