Kansas City Chiefs Safety Tyrann Mathieu Helps New Orleans Families in New Mini-Series

Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu is taking his nickname to a new level with his new series with Bleacher Report.

Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu is taking his nickname to a new level with his new series with Bleacher Report.

While Mathieu has been known as the Honey Badger since his time at LSU, he earned a new moniker, The Landlord, during the Chiefs’ title run last season.

Mathieu partnered with Zelle, a mobile payment company, and Bleacher Report to help pay rent for four families in his hometown of New Orleans. He shared a preview of the show Monday.

The first episode of his four-part series released Tuesday where he paid rent for a family who was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a press release sent out by his foundation, they said the series will “capture Mathieu surprising four families with a quick zoom call to encourage, uplift, show support and mindfulness of how devastatingly COVID-19 impacted each family. Before the Zoom call ends, Mathieu drops a bombshell the families never expected. Tyrann explains how he plans to lighten their financial burden by covering one month’s rent for each family.”

While Mathieu will pay for a month of the rent, Zelle will pay for an additional month for each family, according to the release.

This isn’t the first time The Landlord has helped out during this time of need.

At the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, Mathieu gave back to the Kansas City community. He donated 30,000 meals to the Harvesters, a regional food bank in Missouri and Kansas, after he was challenged by teammate Tyreek Hill.

To watch the first episode of The Landlord, click here.


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Tucker D. Franklin
TUCKER D. FRANKLIN

Tucker D. Franklin is an alumnus of Northwest Missouri State University, majoring in sports media and graduating in 2019. Tucker was previously the sports editor for The Maryville Forum and is now the editor-in-chief of Inside the Royals as well as the deputy editor for Arrowhead Report on SI.com and the host of the Roughing the Kicker Chiefs podcast. Follow Tucker on Twitter @tuckerdfranklin.