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Jake Swearingen
@JakeSwearingen
Deputy editor @BusinessInsider. Formerly @NYmag, @PopMech, @TheAtlantic, &c. Just thinking aloud here :-)
Dec 18, 2024 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Last year we discovered a COVID relief fund meant for struggling arts venues had given $200M+ to wealthy musicians. But we didn't know HOW they spent it — until now. We got the literal receipts, with @TheNewsHam and @ByKLong reviewing thousands of pages of accounting docs Image Lil Wayne got $8.9M in taxpayer money and spent it on private jets ($1.3M), designer clothes ($460k), and luxury hotels, and even $88k for a NYE show he skipped. Chris Brown used COVID funds to throw an $80k birthday party with "atmosphere models" and $29k in bottle service Image