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Olivia Rodrigo quietly covered $5,000 of a University of Alabama student’s final-semester tuition after discovering the young woman was struggling to finish school, a gesture the graduate kept private for more than a year before sharing it this week. Jamie Causey, a first-generation college student from Alexander City, Ala., revealed the story in a recent TikTok. Causey graduated in May 2025 with a degree in...

Akon has recounted a private booking that paid $1 million but drew only three attendees, during which he was asked to perform his 2005 hit “Lonely” repeatedly for the full set. https://twitter.com/DailyLoud/status/2087979877572002197?s=20 The singer shared the story on the Flagrant podcast with hosts Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh. Akon, whose full name is Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam, declined...