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This DJ was fashionable and philanthropic in NYC.
Cuppy — the London-based music producer and daughter of Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola — was front row at New York Fashion Week this month.
But the music maven, who has earned a masters from NYU, wasn’t in town just to be chic.
She also launched a new scholarship program at her alma mater, and hosted a youth event at the UN General Assembly.
Cuppy was spotted at a starry Tory Burch show. cuppymusic/Instagram The DJ has launched the Cuppy Africa Steinhardt Scholars Fund. NYU SteinhardtThe DJ (nee Florence Otedola) was seen at a Tory Burch show in Williamsburg, along with other VIPs including Michelle Williams, Ivy Getty, Jodie Turner-Smith, Mindy Kaling and Elizabeth Olsen.
The Nigerian-born philanthropist also stopped by NYU days later to launch the Cuppy Africa Steinhardt Scholars Fund, which will “provide stipends to two students in full-time graduate programs at Steinhardt to meet their unexpected and urgent financial needs,” the school said.
Also at the event was Charlemagne tha God.
Cuppy met with Jack H. Knott, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of NYU Steinhardt. NYU SteinhardtCuppy — who once interned at Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, and has another graduate degree from Oxford — said at the event: “Nigeria is one of the most exciting, vibrant countries in the world, but it’s also a place where education is very much a privilege… In higher education, you realize that everyone is coming from a different life stage, and I want to help people who’ve gotten into NYU stay there.”
The dress code for the event was, “African inspired attire.”
While in town, Cuppy, 31 — who also heads Red Velvet Music Group and the Cuppy Foundation — moderated the UN’s Summit of the Future opening ceremony.
Cuppy addressed the UN. cuppymusic/Instagram Cuppy also has an advanced degree from Oxford. WireImageAttendees included UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and Felipe Paullier, the UN’s Assistant Secretary-General for Youth Affairs.
Addressing the General Assembly for Youth Action, Cuppy brought some DJ energy to her appearance with a “Cuppy crowd check,” and even wondered, “Maybe I could be the first female president of Nigeria, who knows? Sometimes all we need is a bit of hope.”