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Flavor Flav Gives Alex Ohanian Awesome Olympics Nickname After Donations

The duo have helped bankroll some U.S. athletes.

Josh Wilson

Flavor Flav enjoys the Olympics
Flavor Flav enjoys the Olympics / Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Flavor Flav is not only the coolest guy in the room, he may also be the most generous. The rapper has taken a philanthropic fan approach to supporting his country at the Paris Games, essentially bankrolling the U.S. women's water polo team while simultaneously being their biggest supporter.

Flavor Flav decided to sponsor the team after he saw a social media post indicating that several of the athletes on the team were working second or third jobs while training to get by.

During the games, a disc thrower posted on social media that she couldn't pay rent. He and Alex Ohanian—who founded Reddit and is married to tennis superstar Serena Williams—donated money to help her pay rent and then some.

Flavor Flav and Ohanian linked up in Paris, and he posted a picture of their meeting, bestowing the nickname upon Ohanian: Partner in Dime.

An astute name for his donation partner.

"I'm glad we finally connected IRL. Much respect to the spotlight you've brought to these Games!" Ohanian said in a response.

Just great vibes from two of the biggest fans of U.S. sports that are putting their money where their mouths are.

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JOSH WILSON

Josh Wilson is the news director of the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in 2024, he worked for FanSided in a variety of roles, most recently as senior managing editor of the brand’s flagship site. He has also served as a general manager of Sportscasting, the sports arm of a start-up sports media company, where he oversaw the site’s editorial and business strategy. Wilson has a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from SUNY Cortland and a master’s in accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois. He loves a good nonfiction book and enjoys learning and practicing Polish. Wilson lives in Chicago but was raised in upstate New York. He spent most of his life in the Northeast and briefly lived in Poland, where he ate an unhealthy amount of pastries for six months.

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