Better late than never. Rapper Lil Baby paid off $24,000 in student loans for a Spelman College graduate – 4 years after she asked him for financial help.
Aspiring rapper Nay Speaks, real name Janay Lesley, was a freshman student at Spelman in Atlanta in 2022. She reached out to the rapper and asked him to pay off her student loans.
Nay was struggling financially and is a sickle cell advocate. Since rappers are constantly boasting about all the money they have, she asked Lil Baby for help.
Her request went unanswered for 4 years. During that time, Nay dropped freestyles and demos on social media to get Lil Baby’s attention.
In March, a freestyles won Nay a $5,000 scholarship from Atlanta rapper Belly Gang Kushington. Two weeks later, she dropped another freestyle to get Lil Baby’s attention again.
After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in English, Nay received a phone call from her mom that changed her life.
“I was a graduating senior at Spelman College. I am now a Spelman alumna. Chat, we made it across the stage,” Nay said in a video on Instagram. “My largest loan was exactly $24,074.97. My mom calls me today and says, ‘Nae, I got an email about your loans. It says that they were paid off in full.’ The loans are paid, chat.”
She continued: “I just want to emphasize that prayer, manifestation, delusion, all of these things hold power. I DM’d Lil Baby April 8th of 2022. It is 2026. I have got my degree. And here comes Lil Baby to pay off my loans. Don’t let anybody tell you nothing about the things that you believe and that you know are possible. Anything is possible. Every shot you don’t take, you miss. So take every shot.”