Rap and gown: Hip-hop artists as commencement speakers
- Written by Walter M. Kimbrough, President of Dillard University, Dillard University
Entertainer and entrepreneur Sean Combs gives Howard University's commencement speech in 2014.
Traditionally at a college or university commencement before degrees are conferred, some well-respected, often scholarly figure gives a charge to the class. Historically this has been a speech that most people have to endure rather than embrace, praying...
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