education
Longtime listeners of Wiz Khalifa know that his incessant yelling of “Taylor Gang” shows his unyielding support for his alma mater, Taylor Allderdice High School. His 2012 mixtape–Taylor Allderdice–was an obvious nod to the breeding grounds that made him the carefree star that he is today.
Kendrick Lamar‘s To Pimp A Butterfly has been considered one of 2015’s strongest releases, packed with several records that go entirely against today’s climate in some regard. However, one of the album’s standout tracks, “Alright,” has inspired a Philadelphia website to create the “Be Alright” college scholarship program.
First Lady Michelle Obama and her Reach Higher educational initiative has been aiming efforts at promoting the value of education beyond high school via a community college, four-year college, or professional training program. The First Lady will be teaming up with Washington, D.C. rapper Wale, who will be supporting the initiative at an event this Thursday […]
A self-proclaimed non-racist teacher for Bennett Elementary School in Lubbock, Texas is now out of a job after she her very racist Facebook post stemming from the McKinney pool party incident went viral. Late Wednesday evening, Karen Fitzgibbons voiced her displeasure for the brutality tactics of Eric Casebolt against unarmed teenage girls resulting in his […]
Lil B’s presence will surely be felt during the upcoming NBA Finals. Yet in the meantime, he’s earning ducats lecturing at college campuses and he recently took UCLA by storm, as noticed by HipHopDX.
Seeing a child complete their education is always a sight to behold however, there should be an oversight on the tools needed to actually get them to that point.
Incoming Boston University sociology professor Dr. Saida Grundy caught backlash after she made a tweet aimed at what she referred to as “white masculinity” and its influence in the academic world. Dr. Grundy has since apologized for the tweet, prompting the school’s president to also chime and hopefully open a careful discussion on race.
Nancy Gordeuk, the white principal whose “all you Black people” comments went viral during the recent graduation ceremony at Georgia’s TNT Academy.
Kanye West can now add the prestigious title of “Dr.” to his name. The College Dropout rapper was in his hometown, where he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on Monday (May 11).
Last Friday (May 8) at the TNT Academy in Stone Mountain, Ga., a graduation ceremony shifted gears into a negative space after the alternative private school’s principal, Nancy Gordeuk, blurted out some questionably racist statements. Gordeuk has since apologized, but the damage might be far too severe to recover from.
One can typically expect good weather and plenty of graduations come the month of May. MC Lyte got to partake in both yesterday afternoon as her first act as a member on the Dillard University Board of Trustees in New Orleans, Louisiana.