Travis Hunter Thanks Lil Wayne, Says Fiancée Put Him On to His Music

Travis Hunter dispelled all the rumors that his fiancée wasn’t really in love with him during his Heisman Trophy-winning speech and explained how Lil Wayne played a role in their relationship.

On Saturday night, Hunter was awarded the 2024 Heisman Trophy, and he delivered a moving speech about defying the odds to become one of the most dynamic college football players of all time. He mentioned everyone who stood by his side, including his fiancée, whom he said was one of the most supportive people in his life.

Hunter said his fiancée helped him overcome and recover from last year’s injury-riddled campaign. She even introduced him to Lil Wayne’s music, which he said charged him up before every game.

“First, I want to thank my fiancée and my mother,” said Hunter, trying to hold back tears. “They’ve been with me since the first time I had surgery, my first year in college. They never took a step away from me. All the hard hours, all the hard days, all the times I didn’t want to wake up and get on my phone to look at football, y’all stayed with me. I’m very thankful for y’all.”

He continued, “Wayne, you don’t know how you came into our life. My fiancée loves you. I didn’t know none of your songs until she let me know. Cause I don’t listen to music she let me know, she told me, ‘You gotta listen to this. If you don’t listen to music, listen to Wayne.’ From that day on that’s all I listen to for pregame music. Those the songs I listen to. When I get in that TRX, and I blast that music, I’m listening to Wayne. It’s crazy.”

Hunter’s relationship with his fiancée has been under scrutiny since his college football career took off. Things seemed off to some online when the couple did an Instagram Live where his fiancée admitted that she wasn’t initially attracted to him. Fans took the situation to the next level when they assumed she was annoyed by him in a clip of an interaction between the couple, which led many to believe she wasn’t truly in love with him.

Cam’ron and Mase even criticized the woman for allegedly showing fake love to Hunter on the sidelines and questioning when the attraction towards Hunter started for her.

“If a woman told me I wasn’t her type, but now I’m her type, I would never do that,” said Mase.

Cam added, “You know how hard it is to find n***as that don’t really, and I can’t say this for Travis, I’m just saying, in general, to find somebody who doesn’t lie or cheat and just goes to practice and wants to be a professional and is focused on you…Me personally I would get far away from her.”