Star’s cash giveaway is the latest in a spate of public figures redistributing wealth to struggling fans.
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Makeup artist and influencer Jeffree Star reportedly gave away $15,000 of dollars to fans impacted by coronavirus on Twitter, in a tweet that was, according to data compiled by the social media tracking firm NewsWhip. “I’m gonna give away $5,000 to 3 random people who retweets this and follows me!” Star, a YouTuber and founder of Jeffree Star Cosmetics, wrote April 1, adding, “Quarantine is lasting way longer than expected and I wanna keep helping out.”
As of Sunday morning, Star’s giveaway had been retweeted over 586,000 times, making it the most-shared tweet on the platform compared to the
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