‘I Hear Future Right Now…’: Fans Go Into a Frenzy After Lori Harvey Is Seen Allegedly Boo’d Up with Akon’s Brother

Lori Harvey is single again, and it looks like she just found herself a new boo.

In an 11-second video posted to The Shade Room on Wednesday, Oct. 7, a person who looks like Harvey can be seen in a black dress hanging out with someone who appears to be singer Akon’s brother and music executive, Abou “Bu” Thiam.

The exact details of where the video was taken weren’t mentioned, but the person who submitted it to The Shade Room says they were at the same party as Harvey in Miami, and took the video when they saw her.

Abou “Bu” Thiam Photo: @_bu) and Lori Harvey (Photo: @loriharvey/Instagram)

Some viewers of the video made comments alluding to the idea that Harvey has been on the dating scene a little too much.

One person wrote, “At this point she belongs to the intersection,” while another said “she really just be all over the place.”

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Since around 2017, Harvey has been linked to a few romantic relationships. In 2017, she was engaged to Dutch football player Memphis Depay, with the two splitting a few months later. Later, there were rumors that Harvey dated Sean “Diddy” Combs’ son Justin Combs, but those rumors were never confirmed. She also reportedly has dated Trey Songz, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Future.

In the comments, there were fans that came to Harvey’s defense, explaining that she is young and at the age where she should be able to have fun and date.

“She young let her live like yall did,” one user wrote. Touching on the double standards of dating between men and women, another fan wrote, “Men freely date without judgement let her too. Damn.”

Other fans couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make a comment about Lori’s recent ex, Future.

One fan commented, “I hear future right now..she belong to the streets.”

Future has deleted all photos of Harvey from his Instagram, and neither follow each other on Instagram any longer.

Harvey has a pattern of wanting to keep things quiet when it comes to her love life, so it’s not clear when her and “Bu” may have started dating. But if they are, it will be interesting to see if he will be the one to win over her heart.

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