will.i.am does a cool thing

[Stoo]

So spare me the jives... I got home early, flipped on the tube and will.i.am was on Oprah (Honest, it was on the channel already...)

Anyway, will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas fame has started up a new scholarship and is picking up the entire tab (tuition, room and board, books etc) for four promising young guys who had been accepted to Colleges, but then realized that they couldn't possibly afford it... He is going to do this for the entire four years. The only condition was that they "do him proud" and do something good with their lives.

I know lots of well-to-do people do lots of good things, but lots don't, so perhaps this will serve as a good example to them...

Hats off to him! Now I'm going to buy his new CD just to support him~

 

[K Douglas]

definitely. i wish more 'privileged' artists/athletes/actors would do something similar.

props to will.i.am!

 

[lawyerman]

Great story. I love hearing stuff like that.

 

[tboy]

I heard Paris Hilton is going around to high schools and junior colleges and is setting up a system to teach girls how to be rich and famous just by being dumb as a bag of hair......

 

[Cobster]

Imagine how many scholarships Jay-Z and Beyonce could afford to pay up for?
WTF is the big stink about Beyonce anyways? ...besides her huge, flabby, grossly overrrated ass?

 

[Stoo]

WTF is the big stink about Beyonce anyways? ...besides her huge, flabby, grossly overrated ass?

Beats me... can't sing, (kinda screeches), dancing it frenetic, but she works hard I suppose.

 

[JEFF247]

Fuck will.a.ass

to buy his new CD just to support him~

Sounds like he'll get his money back 10 fold with the Oprah appearance!!! Please it's just PR. The record company is probably picking up the tab for the Oprah spot. And I am sure as fuck not going to take Oprah seriously!!! Fuck her too!!! He's a fuckin bazillionaire and he throws a couple grand at some poor kids!!!! Oh, he's my hero!!!

That's the problem with this fucking world, if you throw money at a problem you're a fuckin hero. Try going into these neighborhoods these kids grow up in and spend some time.

Here's my Youtube response to will.im.anass

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MXsWgQORnU

He's like these religious fucks that sit home on their fat asses on sunday and call some televangelist with their Visa card!!!

 

[plunker]

Hey, what about us? I'm sure most of us guys have helped a promising young college girl pay her way through college. We're heros too.

 

[JEFF247]

I'm still waiting

Hey, what about us? I'm sure most of us guys have helped a promising young college girl pay her way through college. We're heros too.

Still waiting for the first invitation to a college graduation from a stripper I've helped. I'm doin my job too, but I'm not going on Oprah to tell the world what a great fuckin guy I am!!

 

[Cobster]

Beats me... can't sing, (kinda screeches), dancing it frenetic, but she works hard I suppose.

That or she's just heavily marketed and push to the forefront.
JLo's ass was highly overrated was well.

(sorry for hijacking the thread btw)

 

[JEFF247]

I just think you need to do a little better than going on Oprah and telling the world you gave away money (while promoting a new CD) and then have her and the audience blow smoke up your ass. I believe I give as much as most, but I don't tell anyone. My father gave away lots, but did not feel the need to tell people. I think it's a personal thing.

When someone goes on Oprah to say he gave someone money, I think you have to wonder about his/her motive.

I just think for most celebs it's PR. They do little if anything being writing a check. That's fine, but I feel it's the LEAST that they can do.