Hip Hop and Higher Ed: 10 MCs With College Degrees

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March 14, 2011 • 4:00 pm PDT
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Last week we reflected on the death of the Notorious B.I.G., and what he might have done if he hadn't dropped out of high school. That got us thinking, which rappers went to college and graduated? Many of the best known and most popular MC's in the world—Gucci Mane, Lil Wayne, Wale, Talib Kweli, Dead Prez, Paul Wall, Game, and, famously, Kanye West—all enrolled in college but never completed their degrees. But rappers who stayed in school and found success as artists do exist. Here are 10 top-notch MCs—including some of the biggest in the history of hip hop—who earned bachelor's degrees.

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