Latto Gifts Fired Waffle House Employee $10,000 for “Brokey” Challenge Participation [Video]

Latto has stepped in to help a Waffle House worker who was terminated after collaborating within the rapper’s “Brokey” challenge.

As beforehand reported, Latto launched her “Sugar Honey Iced Tea” album final month, with the “Brokey” observe shortly changing into a fan favourite. Nevertheless, exterior of the love for the track, many listeners felt as if Latto was being condescending in her lyrics and making enjoyable of the working class.  However, to proper her wrongs, Latto launched her $10K “Brokey” problem, inviting followers to share movies of themselves showcasing their jobs.

I hate that y’all assume I used to be calling onerous staff brokeys 💔 so I bought $10k for whoever make one of the best video at they job to brokey & I’ll fly u out to be within the music video…no mo ready til ur bday to go outta city. Tag me & hashtag #Brokey so I can see all of them

— BIG LATTO (@Latto) September 15, 2024

The problem noticed many members, together with TikTok user Yadira Ramirez, who selected to submit her video highlighting her job at Waffle House. The footage confirmed Ramirez and her colleagues harmlessly singing alongside to Latto’s track whereas working on the restaurant. Shortly after it was posted, the video gained consideration nearly instantly, raking in almost 23 million views on the platform.

Regardless of Ramirez making an attempt to attain an enormous payday, she revealed just some days later that she had been fired for collaborating within the problem. In a follow-up video, Ramirez was in obvious disbelief as she said that she had been an worker of Waffle House for six years.

“I just got fired because of that video of Big Latto’s challenge. Yay, I’m glad I put six years in a company that would fire me for literally one video—one video that harms nobody and that everybody was actually rooting for,” Ramirez mentioned.

To make the scenario worse, Ramirez additionally said that she was positioned on the “AFR” checklist, which means she couldn’t return to work or be rehired.

“Then they put me on, it’s called like AFR list or something. Basically, I can never get rehired again,” she continued.

Happily, issues for Ramirez took a flip for the higher after Latto realized of her termination. The Atlanta rapper later linked up with Ramirez to supply not solely help but additionally a $10,000 present. Although Latto hasn’t formally declared Ramirez the winner of the problem, Ramirez’s aunt took to social media to substantiate that her niece took the crown.

“From having fun at her job, being fired, to winning 10k from @latto. I mean, you can’t make this stuff up. Time for the next level,” she wrote.