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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Brooklyn-born MC Masta Ace is known by true hip hop heads as one of the best lyricists of all time. Ace—real name Duval Clear—rhymes about urban life without reverting to a gangster-rap style and has been cited by Eminem as one of his biggest influences. Ace earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Rhode Island.

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