Beyonce and Blue Ivy aren’t the only ones benefiting from
this rich mogul but even students are feeling the touch of his cash even
without asking.
Whoever said Hip hop
giant, Shawn
Carter aka Jay-Z doesn’t use his money to help with the real
national issues? Maybe civil right activist/actor Harry Belafonte.
Well,he’s wrong!
He is a ‘Nigga in
Paris’ and a giver of good fortunes. Recent reports show that The Shawn Carter
Scholarship Foundation has donated $1.3 million in college
scholarships and study abroad programs for students since its invention.
Jay-Z’s
Foundation works hand in hand with the U.S Department of State’s Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs to give socioeconomically disadvantaged
students in higher education some massive support to propel them and their
academic dreams forward.
In a world where these
philanthropic gestures are synonymous to the white folks, a black rich man is
definitely changing the norm. One of the students who recently benefited for
these scholarships, 21-year-old behavioral neuroscience major Laquisha Springer
from the Institute of International Education, IIL, told Diverse,
“It makes me proud, you know, to know that someone who is relatively close to
my age and someone I can relate to who’s had to struggle to get to where he is,
that he’s investing in my future. But when people say he’s not doing enough,
they’re expecting him to literally help the world” which is impossible!
In 2012, the Shawn Carter Scholarship
Foundation helped 188 students to go through school. Who still
says, Jay-Z
doesn’t use his influence for the good of America?
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