The affordability of college tuition is a hotly debated topic and lately, celebrities are taking notice.
In the past few months, Ellen Degeneres teamed with Shutterfly to pay off a Sudan refugee’s student loans and joined with Wal-Mart in awarding 41 high school students college scholarships, while model Chrissy Teigen paid off a woman’s beauty school tuition. Now, Nicki Minaj is getting in on the charitable fun.
On Saturday night, the singer tweeted about a contest she was offering which would pay for the winner to fly out and join her at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 21.
However, rather than enter the contest, one follower asked if she would pay for his college tuition instead.
“Show me straight A’s that I can verify w/ur school and I’ll pay it. Who wants to join THAT contest?!?! Dead serious. Shld I set it up?” Minaj responded.
Show me straight A’s that I can verify w/ur school and I’ll pay it. Who wants to join THAT contest?!?!🤷🏽♀️ Dead serious. Shld I set it up? https://t.co/czH715u64a
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017
That tweet opened an onslaught of requests from other followers who tweeted proof of their grades along with explanations for each of their respective situations.
If u give me a 4.0 then I’ll keep my end of the bargain. https://t.co/Esqs9rwfPn
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017
Initially, Minaj made the stipulation that her fans had to have a 4.0 grade-point average to receive tuition, but she got loose with the rule once students began with smaller payment requests of remaining classes.
That’s it? I’ll send it tmrw. dm me ur bank info babe. Next! https://t.co/i4TVmsqDoA
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017
Done. Dm ur bank info https://t.co/u7CxljiilZ
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017
Done. Dm https://t.co/8Fb8laOoyP
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017
Yes I’ll pay it. Send ur info https://t.co/6G4QfHyZnl
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017
After roughly forty minutes of answering the wishes of her fans, Minaj closed the contest and once more gave her word that she’d pay up as soon as possible.
Ok u guys. It’s been fun. Let me make those payments tmrw then see if I have any money left😂. I’ll do some more in a month or 2. 😘😘😘💋💋💋💕💕🎀🎀🎀
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017
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