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    Heisman Trophy Winner Has Future Trophy Wife and People Are Mad

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    Heisman trophy winner Travis Hunter, who is so skilled that he was the first player in college football history to win both the Chad Bednarik and Fred Biletnikoff awards, has not only made waves for his incredible skill at both playing defense and offense but also because he may be marrying a woman whom he likes more than other people do.

    In a crazy twist, he is the person who decided to be in a relationship with her, so it seems he is one of only two people who determines whether he will still be in a relationship with her. Yet, that won’t stop people almost twice his age and up from running their mouths on the internet and not to their therapists. While it is understandable that his twice-divorced head coach, Deion Sanders, would give him advice, other people have wagged their tongues for meat they will never eat—including the artist formally known as Bow-Wow. I am not sure if he has mirrors where he lives and is able to assess what he needs to do to have relationships that don’t make the news for their insane levels of toxicity. Even though he admitted that he had not met Hunter or knew him personally, Shad Moss put on his heaviest homeboy accent and gave Hunter a piece of his fun-sized mind.

    Bow’s dating career includes fumbling Ciara, being double Eskimo cousins with Future, being Erica Mena’s less toxic ex and domestic violence.

    These credentials allowed him to be an expert at jumping in someone’s business, something he claims in the same video to not be known to do. Bow Wow was kind enough to impart wisdom, as someone who was once a young n*gga with money, and though he has struggled with money several times throughout his career—including $3000 a month being too much for him to pay in child support to his first child—somehow he was equipped enough to give someone else helpful advice about women and finances.


    Bow Weezy was specifically replying to the news that Hunter’s fiancé, Leanna Lenee, had left emojis ( a smiley face with heart eyes and a smiley face with money signs on the tongue and eyes). Though this news was made up by a troll account, it was less important for him to do his research than it was to embarrass himself by looking like a wise elder who fell for an internet prank.

    On the other hand, some people are upset because she said that he was not originally her type—so f*cking what?! Do you think she is the first woman who dated someone whom they were not physically attracted to at first, and then began to like them? Leanna would later clarify that her statements had been taken out of context, and that she was not attracted to him because he had a girlfriend at the time he initially pursued her.

    Either way, WOMEN LOVE ON AND MARRY PEOPLE THEY KNEW WERE NOT THEIR TYPES, EVERY SINGLE DAY!

    Do you really think that funny-looking men with money seek out funny-looking women? No, they do not. With all this attention on her intentions, have we ever considered whether this works for them? If it did not, then people would not have to lie about it. Men people date women people they could only get because of their perceived prestige all the time and no one throws a fit. That is no more misguided than her being an alleged gold digger. Also, what is wrong with being a gold digger? If men make money to impress women, why is being impressed a bad thing? As if it is not the direct result of a deliberate action.

    Does Bow Wow really think that he would have as much access to women were he not pretending to fly private?


    It is unfortunate that so many adults have so much to say about a young love that has nothing to do with them. If the two choose to split, it won’t be because a pint-sized rapper or a fake doctor who wants to school young boys but never opened up that school, thought it was a good idea. In fact that scrutiny might actually bring them closer together.

    Should he have a prenup? Sure. But it ain’t my money and I don’t really care like that.

    Somehow, when women link up with broke men, they are doing themselves a disservice, but when they link up with rich men or men who will be rich, they are gold diggers. Do you want him to be broke or not?! I need the same Black men giving him advice about what to do with his money, to at least be close to him, or have made close to what he has. There are so many things that young Black boys and men should be counseled on first—have you started there or in your own families? Additionally, when have you ever heard Bow Wow speak out about anything of substance, not that you ever wanted to, but still?

    Bow Wow made a whole song with and about his first love and still f*cked that up, so maybe he’s salty because she married a famous and rich football player. Let’s not forget that even though she already had her own money, Ciara was also called a gold digger and had people question whether her relationship with Russell Wilson was genuine, too. They have been married for eight years and have four children together.

    Travis Hunter has yet to respond to Shad, because he really does not need to, but probably because he is somewhere holding his shorty.

    Kyla Jenée Lacey is an accomplished third-person bio composer. Her spoken word has garnered tens of millions of views, and has been showcased on Pop Sugar, Write About Now, Buzzfeed, Harper’s Bizarre, Diet Prada, featured on the Tamron Hall show, and Laura Ingraham from Fox News called her work, “Anti-racist propaganda.”. She has performed spoken word at over 300 colleges in over 40 states. Kyla has been a finalist in the largest regional poetry slam in the country, no less than five times, and was nominated as Campus Activities Magazine Female Performer of the Year. Her work has been acknowledged by several Grammy-winning artists. Her poetry has been viewed over 50 million times and even used on protest billboards in multiple countries. She has written for large publications such as The Huffington Post, BET.com, and the Root Magazine and is the author of "Hickory Dickory Dock, I Do Not Want Your C*ck!!!," a book of tongue-in-cheek poems, about patriarchy....for manchildren.

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