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.
The 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 — 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.
Attendees 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.”