Nicki Minaj Paying Student Loans By Giving Money To Fans For College Tuition

Rapper Nicki Minaj won her Twitter followers over the weekend. She offered to pay a percentage of the loans for straight-A college students. As of Sunday, a handful of Twitter users verified that they’d been wired lump sums toward their tuition from Minaj.

The torrent of requests for payments began Saturday evening after one bold fan responded to Minaj's tweets about her #RegretInYourTears challenge. The fan, Twitter user @cjbydesign, asked Minaj to reallocate funds she’d use to fly fans to the Billboard Music Awards to the fan’s student loan payments instead.

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“Show me straight A's that I can verify [with your] school and I'll pay it,” Minaj tweeted. “Who wants to join THAT contest?! Dead serious. [Should] I set it up?”

And YES! All countries are included. Ya muva makes enough money to fly members of #TheKingdom out from ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD!!!! _____
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017

@NICKIMINAJ Well you wanna pay for my tuition? pic.twitter.com/BhDil75UPj
— CJ __ (@cjbydesign) May 7, 2017

Soon, fan requests for help paying their tuition began flooding her feed. Minaj responded to more than 20 fans who requested sponsorship, and TMZ reported Sunday that it was able to verify at least a handful of individuals had received payments of between $500-800.

Ok do u need help w/tuition or do u have a full scholarship? https://t.co/q7ewfdNzCs
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017

Let me talk to Gee. Idk how it works. But straight A students can use money for living. They can still use the money. https://t.co/nOdu56r9rN
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017

How much do u need? https://t.co/bVDuLniheA
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017

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

Ok you're the last one for the night. Dm ur info _ https://t.co/89EFndrFZu
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) May 7, 2017

Minaj tweeted early Sunday that she was closing her unofficial scholarship program for the time being but added that she would table the offer again in “a month or two.”

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

The late night philanthropy began after Minaj kicked off her #RegretInYourTears challenge, which asked fans to create their own music video for the rapper’s single for a chance to meet Minaj in person. Finalists of the challenge will have the chance to attend the Billboard Music Awards with Minaj in Vegas May 21.

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