Monday, April 27, 2009

Rappers who went to College (and Graduated)



Don't believe what you hear and half of what you read (except on Sanspiracy...haha). Anyhow, so much hoopla is made out of rappers rap sheets and convictions that I decided to do some investigating and found a list of MC's who in fact went to collge and graduated. Rick Ross being a former Corrections Officer doesn't sound so out of the ordinary now.

Diddy, Howard Univ. (got a business AA/dropped out during radio communication)
Ice Cube, Phoenix Institute of Technology (architecture degree)
Ludacris, Georgia State University (radio communications degree)
Stat Quo, University of Florida (business degree)
David Banner, Southern University (poly sci/journalism degrees)
Paul Wall, University of Houston (international communications degree)
Talib Kweli, New York University (theatre/art degree)
Canibus, DeKalb Community College (computer science degree)
Chuck D, Adelphi University (graphic art degree)
Flava Flav, Adelphi University (radio communications/business degrees)
M-1 [dead prez], Florida Agricultural & Mech. University (poly sci/art degrees)
Stic.Man [dead prez], Florida Agricultural & Mech. University (poly sci/history degrees)
9th Wonder, North Carolina Central University (education degree)
Big Pooh, North Carolina Central University (education degree)
Phonte, North Carolina Central University (history degree)
Roxanne Shante, Cornell University (psychology PhD)
Sir Jinx, Phoenix Institute of Technology (architecture degree)
Young MC, University of Soutern California (economics degree)
Sage Francis, University of Rhode Island (journalism degree)
Benefit, Florida State University (jounalism master degree)

Also Rumored to have gone to college:
Plies
Lil Jon
Chamillionaire
Lil Wayne
Kanye West
Rich Boy
Rick Ross
Common

PS: After going through the list, there were a couple of folks I had to think of in a completely different light....Flava Flav being one of them. When you act so ignorant, I guess its best not to let anyone know how educated you truly are but what kind of message does this present to the communities that looks up to these artists.

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