Y'all. 
 
 We need to talk about payback. 
 
 I know Luda doesn't personally want the cash back that he spent on my groceries, that was his kindness being a blessing. It was true generosity. I remain grateful. 
 
 
 
 But will you help me pay him back by supporting his foundation? It would make my birthday this year a celebration of the heart for me, and you'd be helping some fine folks do some mighty fine work. 
 
 
 
 The Ludacris Foundation Inspires Youth Through Education And Memorable Experiences To Live Their Dreams. Our Efforts Uplift Youth, Families, Communities, And Foster Economic Development. The Ludacris Foundation Activities Are Focused In Three Key Areas: Leadership And Education, Healthy Lifestyles, And Ludacares (Letting Youth And The Community Know We Care). 

 Last week, a woman named Therra Gwyn Jaramillo described, over the course of more than 1,200 words on Facebook, how a man named Chris had bought her groceries at Whole Foods — $375 worth — in a moment of grave need. (She was strapped, and a friend had sent her to the expensive store with a $250 gift card.) 
 
 She had not recognized her benefactor at first. But soon, the cashier told her that the Chris who bought her groceries was, in fact, Ludacris, the artist behind such hits as “What’s Your Fantasy?”, “Southern Hospitality,” “Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)” and “Stand Up.” 
 
 Upon learning who had bought her groceries, Ms. Jaramillo burst into what she described as “the worst possible white-woman rendition” of Ludacris’s song “Rollout (My Business).” 
 
 “Ludacris,” she wrote. “This guy is awesome run amok. You know why? He was just doing something kind for a disheveled, harried stranger.” 

 Ludacris just bought my cousins groceries in a Whole Foods in ATL and let’s just add that to the list of reasons to live there 

 In late July, a man who referred to himself as “just a guy” purchased $375 worth of groceries for Therra Gwyn Jaramillo, a freelance writer down on her luck. 
 
 Jaramillo, who in her time of need had received a Whole Foods gift card from a sympathetic friend, went to the grocery store dreaming of “hummus and fresh food,” she wrote on Facebook. In line to check out, a gracious individual in front of her footed the bill, sending her into a fit of tears. 
 
 Turns out the self-described average shopper was none other than Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jaramillo’s cashier revealed after the rapper and actor left the store. 
 
 It was then Jaramillo promptly broke out into “the worst possible white-woman rendition of his hit ‘Rollout (My Business),'” she joked. 
 
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 The New York Times‘ Jonah Engel Bromwich got wind of the story and promptly began an investigation into the legitimacy and frequency of Ludacris’ trips to the grocery store — and his findings are rather remarkable. 
 
 Bromwich found well over 100 posts on social media documenting Ludacris’ trips to grocery stores — ranging from Meijer and Costco to Whole Foods – and locations traversing zip codes (or “Area Codes,” if you will). 
 
 Ludacris just bought my cousins groceries in a Whole Foods in ATL and let’s just add that to the list of reasons to live there — K CHAMP (@kir001952) May 22, 2018 
 
 i think i just saw ludacris and his mom in a grocery store — Jack (@jackbindley) May 27, 2017 
 
 @Ludacris im so sorry my fiancé had absolutely zero chill when we saw you in fresh market tonight i am very embarrassed you had to see me holding him back. we’re big fans and hope you enjoy your groceries! — Caroline (@imcarolinelogan) May 17, 2018 
 
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 The sightings date back years, the Times reports. 
 
 If the flood of surfaced sightings is not enough, Ludacris’ longtime manager, Chaka Zulu, has confirmed both the recent $375 Whole Foods purchase and the artist’s altruistic grocery store habits. 
 
 “Funny thing. Luda does these things all the time, but he doesn’t want to do interviews to highlight it. It’s just his heart,” Zulu wrote to the Times. 
 
 That giving spirit has inspired Jaramillo as well. In the week since the story of their grocery store encounter went viral, Jaramillo has raised over $1,200 for The Ludacris Foundation. 
 
 “I know Luda doesn’t personally want the $375 back that he spent on my groceries, that was his kindness being a blessing. It was true generosity. I remain grateful,” she captioned a Facebook post. “But will you help me pay this good man back by supporting his foundation? It would make my birthday this year a celebration of the heart for me, and you’d be helping some fine folks do some mighty fine work.”
– In what People dubs the ultimate case of "Southern hospitality," a big name has been picking up folks' grocery tabs on the sly—at least until now. In a now-viral July 30 Facebook post, a woman named Therra detailed how she'd been down on her luck and feeling "like a loser," getting hit with unexpected expenses and losing sleep over it. A friend sent her a gift card to Whole Foods, though, and so Therra went shopping "with a relief I haven't felt all month." But it was at the register when the real relief came: The man in front of her on line offered to pay her entire $375 grocery bill, and when Therra asked him his name, he simply said, "Chris" and walked away. It was then that the cashier informed Therra who had picked up the tab for her. "You know that's Ludacris, right?" the cashier said. After Therra's story spread, the New York Times started looking further into it, wondering if Therra (fully IDed as Therra Jaramillo) had stolen details for her story from a Twitter post in May. Instead, the paper found more than 100 posts online detailing how Ludacris (real name: Chris Bridges) had paid for people's groceries not only in Whole Foods, but also in Publix, Costco, and other venues across the country and in Canada, stretching back years. Ludacris' manager, Chaka Zulu, confirms to the Times his client has indeed done such good deeds, noting, "Luda does these things all the time. But he doesn't want to do interviews to highlight it. It's just his heart." Meanwhile, Jaramillo has since raised more than $1,200 for the Ludacris Foundation, which helps urban youth, to pay back her supermarket hero. "Be like Ludacris y'all," Jaramillo wrote on Facebook.