14 Millionaire High School Dropouts
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Jay Z
Like he said, “Skipped school, still didn’t fail.” Jay Z went from pushing weight, to a recording career, to a mogul all without a high school degree.
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50 Cent
Somewhere between boxing and hustling, Fif got booted out of high Andrew Jackson High School. But he put his free time to use by getting his G.E.D.
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Eminem
It’s so cold in the D. Eminem dropped out of high school after failing the ninth grade, and one would suspect being dirt poor and constant bullying probably played a part in that decision.
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Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne was on a platinum album while in high school, and he says his mother told him to quit school and get a G.E.D. since his school in New Orleans wasn’t particularly safe at the time anyway.
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Bill Cosby
“Cos” failed the tenth grade and eventually joined the U.S. Navy. No word on if that’s where he allegedly learned how to mix up Spanish Fly, but he did earn his G.E.D.
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Seth Rogen
Despite his stoner reputation, Seth Rogen probably worked harder than most high school graduates after he dropped out. He did standup comedy, wrote scripts, and was on TV shows like NBC’s Freaks And Geeks.
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Chris Rock
He ultimately went back and got his degree (while in the process of beginning to ear a whole bunch of money), but Chris Rock dropped out of high school at 17.
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Christina Aguilera
After various classmates became jealous of her Disney fame, Christina Aguilera’s mother pulled her out of school.
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Al Pacino
The man who would eventually become Michael Corleone dropped out of New York’s High School of the Performing Arts dropped out at 17 to work some odd jobs before joining The Actor’s Studio.
