*song plays in the background, rain is following and the vibe is generally sad and eerier: “day after day….” 
Literally heartbreaking what my research has uncovered
It will be natural for you dismiss this as a means of cope, you’ll say this is meaningless. You’ll say “if it worked what’s the problem”
My problem is that for every top percentile of art school student students that is poached by this industry to be PLANTED
there are 10,000 kids attempting to follow in their footsteps organically
Why do you think Jay knew where to find Prodigy for Summer Jam screen?
Cause they all know each other from various high schools, tech schools, trade schools, art schools
THESE PEOPLE ARE PLANTS AT BEST, absolute fraud actors at worse
Running list will be added to over time; if this thread flops it will be actively updated anyway
Baltimore School for the Arts
• Tupac Shakur
Acting, poetry, ballet. Completed program.
Most formally trained rapper discussed.
⸻
High School of Music & Art (Manhattan)
(now Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School)
• Nas
Selective arts exposure. Did not graduate.
High School of Art and Design (Manhattan)
• Prodigy (Mobb Deep)
Arts-focused secondary education.
Also classically trained in piano.
George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education HS (Brooklyn)
Functioned as a de facto hip-hop conservatory.
• Busta Rhymes
• Jay-Z (did not graduate)
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• DMX (attendance shorter / less formally documented but same orbit)
American Academy of Art (Chicago)
• Kanye West
Formal visual arts training. Did not complete degree.
Columbia University (Partial / Non-completion)
• Lauryn Hill
Theater and music background; left early.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington, DC)
Formal arts magnet
• Dave Chappelle
Theater training. Graduated.
Early exposure to stagecraft, pacing, character work, and restraint.
His stand-up “naturalness” is trained ease, not raw improvisation.
I was surprised to find that Chris Rock wasn’t running with this art school ilk
Nicki Minaj — formally arts-trained.
• School: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (Manhattan)
• Discipline: Drama / acting
• Status: Attended; did not complete a degree (left early)
Cam’ron — yes, institution-adjacent, but not an arts-magnet case.
• School: Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics High School (Harlem)
• Type: Academic magnet (STEM-oriented), not a formal arts school
• Status: Attended; did not complete a degree
Now ready for your cope replies about why doesn’t matter
I was surprised to learn that Dr. Dre and DJ Quik are not secret Los Angeles Recording School alumni
but 50 Cent has no background of the sort … yet fast tracked into the world of film production…. Nahh that’s bullshyt to me, I don’t believe them. And uncovering bo evidence doesn’t deter me from this view but rather likens to allude to plausibility that he might even be CIA … in the sense that his work is still largely one of the most successful international cultural exports of USA Hip-Hop culture … ensuring the rest of the world buy our Nike branded shoes (we don’t manufacture things we just brand them)
*day after daaaaaaaay*
Literally heartbreaking what my research has uncovered
It will be natural for you dismiss this as a means of cope, you’ll say this is meaningless. You’ll say “if it worked what’s the problem”
My problem is that for every top percentile of art school student students that is poached by this industry to be PLANTED
there are 10,000 kids attempting to follow in their footsteps organically
Why do you think Jay knew where to find Prodigy for Summer Jam screen?
Cause they all know each other from various high schools, tech schools, trade schools, art schools
THESE PEOPLE ARE PLANTS AT BEST, absolute fraud actors at worse
Running list will be added to over time; if this thread flops it will be actively updated anyway
Baltimore School for the Arts
• Tupac Shakur
Acting, poetry, ballet. Completed program.
Most formally trained rapper discussed.
⸻
High School of Music & Art (Manhattan)
(now Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School)
• Nas
Selective arts exposure. Did not graduate.
High School of Art and Design (Manhattan)
• Prodigy (Mobb Deep)
Arts-focused secondary education.
Also classically trained in piano.
George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education HS (Brooklyn)
Functioned as a de facto hip-hop conservatory.
• Busta Rhymes
• Jay-Z (did not graduate)
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• DMX (attendance shorter / less formally documented but same orbit)
American Academy of Art (Chicago)
• Kanye West
Formal visual arts training. Did not complete degree.
Columbia University (Partial / Non-completion)
• Lauryn Hill
Theater and music background; left early.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington, DC)
Formal arts magnet
• Dave Chappelle
Theater training. Graduated.
Early exposure to stagecraft, pacing, character work, and restraint.
His stand-up “naturalness” is trained ease, not raw improvisation.
I was surprised to find that Chris Rock wasn’t running with this art school ilk
Nicki Minaj — formally arts-trained.
• School: Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (Manhattan)
• Discipline: Drama / acting
• Status: Attended; did not complete a degree (left early)
Cam’ron — yes, institution-adjacent, but not an arts-magnet case.
• School: Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics High School (Harlem)
• Type: Academic magnet (STEM-oriented), not a formal arts school
• Status: Attended; did not complete a degree
Now ready for your cope replies about why doesn’t matter
I was surprised to learn that Dr. Dre and DJ Quik are not secret Los Angeles Recording School alumni
but 50 Cent has no background of the sort … yet fast tracked into the world of film production…. Nahh that’s bullshyt to me, I don’t believe them. And uncovering bo evidence doesn’t deter me from this view but rather likens to allude to plausibility that he might even be CIA … in the sense that his work is still largely one of the most successful international cultural exports of USA Hip-Hop culture … ensuring the rest of the world buy our Nike branded shoes (we don’t manufacture things we just brand them)
*day after daaaaaaaay*