As coronavirus concerns grow, rapper Megan Thee Stallion and country crossover singer Lil Nas X have offered to pay for the food and medical bills of their fans.
“Hey guys, drop [your] cashapp,” the Rodeo singer, 20, tweeted on Mar. 12, amid the growing panic over the outbreak of coronavirus.
As events were getting canceled and Tom Hanks revealed that he tested positive for the coronavirus, Lil Nas X decided to pay his good fortune forward by offering to buy his fans dinner.
“Gonna send some of [you] some money to go get some food then stay inside,” he said.
Check out his tweet below:
With cities across the United States declaring states of emergency and recommending people work from home and avoid large groups (to prevent the spread of the disease), many fans were thankful for Lil Nas X’s kind offer as they hunkered down.
He wasn’t the only major hip hop star opening up their wallets. “Hey hotties,” Megan Thee Stallion tweeted hours before Lil Nas X’s offer (perhaps giving him the idea.)
“Since y’all have been so hard [in] supporting me, I wanna support y’all and bless them pockets real quick!!! We’re [about] to have a #SUGASPREE! Drop y’all’s CashApp names [below].”
Check out her tweet below:
Megan just released her new album amid her lawsuit with her record label. And she was feeling generous; to make sure her fans, who supported her fight, did not encounter a financial pinch during these hectic times.
In addition to the costs of bulking up on food and toiletries during a period of self-imposed quarantine; Rolling Stone notes that many in the U.S. service industry don’t have the luxury of staying home.
With most of the industry workers operating without paid-time-off (PTO), they have to make the decision to call out of work and lose a day’s paycheck or risk infection by heading into work.
Plus, RS notes that the lack of universal health care in the U.S. has rendered coronavirus testing both rare and expensive.