Rappers / Hip Hop Artists That Have College Degrees

After several conversations with some of my friends about rap artists that have went to college and GRADUATED, I have started to do a little bit of research and compile a list myself of who has successfully completed college. I researched online looking at various sites and artists personal pages to find out this information. I am assuming most of it is true. If I have left someone off, please feel free to comment at the bottom of this post.

1. J Cole
St. Johns University Queens, New York
Major: Communication
Minor:Business

2. Childish Gambino
New York University New York, New York
Major: Dramatic Writing

3. David Banner
   Southern University Baton Rouge, Louisiana
   Undergraduate Major: Business
   University of Maryland
   Graduate Degree: Education (Didn’t complete the degree)
 
4. Talib Kweli
    New York University New York, New York
    Major: Experimental Theatre
    *His parents were Professors at large universities, which I am sure played a large         influence on him pursuing higher education

5. Common
    Florida A&M University Tallahassee, Florida
    Major: Business Administration

6. E-40
 Grambling State University Grambling, Louisiana
 

7. John Legend
   University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Major: English & African American Literature

8. Bei Maejor
    University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

9. K Michelle
    Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida
     She also pledged Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.

People That Started but DIDN’T Finish-----> I will give them some credit too

1. P. Diddy
    Howard University Washington D.C.

2. Paul Wall,
   University of Houston Houston, Texas
 

3. Kanye West
   Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois

4. Lil Wayne
University of Houston Houston, Texas
*This might explain why he always talks about Zeta’s and Sigma’s in his songs. Perhaps he had aspirations of pledging Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. 


5. Ludacris
   Georgia State University Atlanta, Georgia
   Major: Music Management 


6. Ice Cube
    Phoenix Institute of Technology

7. Flava Flav
   Adelphi University Garden City, New York

8. Plies
Miami University (Played football for 2 years)
 University of Central Florida (Then transferred here)  

9. Wale
Robert Morris University (Started here on a football scholarship)
Virginia State University (Transferred here to play football also)
Bowie State University (Then he transferred here last……)

My whole reasoning for doing this research was to just highlight which artists have been exposed to college life. With them being exposed could explain why some of there lyrics talk about things that are related to "college life." However, the group Travis Porter has a song called "College Girl" but none of the group members ever step foot on a college campus so that's there interpretation of a "College Girl." Anyhow, take this post with a grain of salt and feel free to let me know if I missed any other artists. Also I am thinking of compiling a list of actors/actresses that attended college. Perhaps my list will be long. Perhaps it wont. Thanks for reading.