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What rapper included this verse about a dream that is rarely ever reached:
"Dropped out of school, now we dumb rich"
Drake - Pop Style
What rapper started a social media campaign to pay off fans' student loans?
Nicki Minaj
What rapper, who went platinum with no features, went to St. John's University and got his bachelor's in communication and business?
J. Cole
What Chicago native said:
"It's true you can be successful without college, but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have...take advantage of your opportunities"
Kanye West, talking about wishing that he had finished college and gotten his degree
What singer included this lyric about celebrating college graduation:
"Have me raise a glass for the college grads"
Beyonce - Run The World (Girls)
What music legend launched the Formation Scholarship program, which provides four $25,000 scholarships to students studying creative arts, music, literature, or African-American studies?
Beyonce
What "Roll Out" rapper went to Georgia State University and majored in Music Management?
Ludacris
What New York native told her fans
"Listen to me. I want you guys to stay in school and stay inspired and stay ambitious. There's a time and a place to have fun, but all of that fun means nothing if you're not intelligent and you don't have something to back it up ok?"
Nicki Minaj
When school is getting hard:
"Knock me down 9 times, I stand up 10"
Cardi B - Get Up 10
What Chicago native rapper started his own nonprofit for artistic Chicago Public School students, and recently gave a $10,000 scholarship to a CPS student?
Chance the Rapper
What rapper recently received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a school he dropped out of in his 20s that inspired his College Dropout album?
Kanye West
What singer from Barbados said this about wishing she had taken school more seriously:
'It can feel like a grind, especially when you’d rather be singing, playing sports or doing pretty much anything other than homework. I realize now that I often took it for granted that I was even able to go to school. Education can be stolen from you in a second."
Rihanna
What Canadian rapper described the grind that comes with being a college student:
“I know you working day and night to get a college degree.”
Drake - For Free
What Brooklyn Native created his own scholarship fund to offer grants between $1,500 and $2,500 to students with a 2.0GPA or above?
Jay-Z
What Atlanta native rapper went to Alabama State University on a basketball scholarship to study psychology and probably spent a lot of nights studying until "4AM"?
2 Chainz
What college educated rapper included this verse on one of his debut tracks:
"That s*** like extra expensive, I got scholarships though so you know I'm not sweating that"
J. Cole - College Boy
What rapper decided it was "Gods Plan" to give a $50,000 scholarship to a Miami college student?
Drake
What rapper, known for his diverse music style (including dropping his own rock album) graduated from the University of Phoenix with a psychology major?
Lil Wayne