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Bryson Tiller Celebrates Graduating High School and Announces Plans to Attend College

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Bryson Tiller Celebrates Graduating High School and Announces Plans to Attend College

Bryson Tiller announced on Thursday that he received his High School diploma.

“Class of 2020 🎓 I never thought about going back to school until i started thinking about my goals and how to reach them. getting my High School diploma was step 1 ✔College is 100% next. thank you IHS & @JCPSKY,” he tweeted accompanied with a photo of the list of his classmates.

The diploma is from Iroquois High School in his hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. The singer curated his own quarantine-style celebration presumably at his home.

Quavo congratulated Bryson Tiller for an achievement he recently accomplished himself. “Congrats
@brysontiller For Graduating highschool “We can do It”!!”

The Migos rapper shared in May that he graduated with the class of 2020. “Finally Can Say I Graduated High School Class Of 2020.” He added, “We Lit. Now What College Should I Go To?” he wrote with a picture of him donning a cap and gown.

Graduations across the world have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s good to see students still celebrate this milestone.

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Bryson Tiller Celebrates Graduating High School and Announces Plans to Attend College

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Bryson Tiller Celebrates Graduating High School and Announces Plans to Attend College

Bryson Tiller announced on Thursday that he received his High School diploma.

“Class of 2020 🎓 I never thought about going back to school until i started thinking about my goals and how to reach them. getting my High School diploma was step 1 ✔College is 100% next. thank you IHS & @JCPSKY,” he tweeted accompanied with a photo of the list of his classmates.

The diploma is from Iroquois High School in his hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. The singer curated his own quarantine-style celebration presumably at his home.

Quavo congratulated Bryson Tiller for an achievement he recently accomplished himself. “Congrats
@brysontiller For Graduating highschool “We can do It”!!”

The Migos rapper shared in May that he graduated with the class of 2020. “Finally Can Say I Graduated High School Class Of 2020.” He added, “We Lit. Now What College Should I Go To?” he wrote with a picture of him donning a cap and gown.

Graduations across the world have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s good to see students still celebrate this milestone.

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President Obama’s High School Basketball Jersey Sells for $120,000

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The former President and hoops fanatic, Barack Obama, made one fortunate former schoolmate of his a large amount of money on Saturday. Peter Noble, who was three years younger than Obama, had an old jersey from the President’s high school hoop days at Honolulu Prep School. Noble sold the jersey at a Dallas auction for $120,000.

The 55-year-old, according to Yahoo, said that the jersey was “destined for the trash,” until he found a photo of Obama wearing the number 23 jersey that he possessed. One would likely assume Obama chose 23 for his favorite player Michael Jordan.

The auction house confirmed that the details of the jersey match that of the one on Obama in the photo, and Noble made a six-figure come up. Noble has said that he plans to donate a portion to their former high school.

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Pharrell Williams Grants Internships To 114 Harlem High School Grads

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It isn’t a secret that Pharrell Williams loves to give back to the youth and young creative minds and the Virginia native once again proved that fact last week. After speaking at a Harlem high school graduation, Skateboard P announced that he’ll be granting all 114 graduating seniors an internship.

Because Of Them We Can reports:

There’s a new renaissance happening in Harlem and the youth are leading it! All of the graduating seniors from Harlem’s Promise Academy received college acceptance letters, and on Wednesday, they had the perfect send off for their next phase.

Producer and entrepreneur extraordinaire Pharrell served as their graduation speaker and provided more than an inspirational message. He surprised them with the gift of a lifetime.

“So let me be clear, every member of the 2019 graduating class, is guaranteed an internship waiting for them, you, next summer,” Pharrell said in a video posted by Harlem’s Children’s Zone.

That’s 114 internships. 114 opportunities. 114 lives changed.

“It’s one thing to be ‘woke,’ another to be awake, leaned in and engaged,” said Pharrell during his keynote address.

How beautiful is that?

Check out a video of the moment below.

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White Ref Who Cut Black High School Wrestler’s Dreadlocks Under Investigation

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A New Jersey high school is the center of a controversy which some say has racist undertones. Andrew Johnson, a wrestler for Buena Regional High School, was ordered to cut his dreadlocks before a match by a white referee who is now under investigation by state officials.

TMZ Sports reports:

The incident involves Buena Regional High School athlete Andrew Johnson — who was seen on video getting his dreadlocks chopped off before a match this week.

In the footage, Johnson looks distraught. People are furious, claiming the ultimatum was racially motivated since the ref, Alan Maloney, has previously been disciplined for making a racist comment in 2016.

The way it’s being explained to us … Maloney has not been formally suspended or disciplined for the Johnson incident, but officials feel it’s best to keep him off the mat while they gather information.

A source connected to Maloney tells us his position is that he was merely enforcing a rule about hair maintenance — and insists race was not a factor.

Meanwhile, we spoke with a rep for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association — which oversees high school sports in NJ — a who gave us the following statement.

“The NJSIAA has been in direct contact with school officials and is now awaiting official incident reports. A report also has been requested from the referee involved. In addition – and as per its formal sportsmanship policy – the NJSIAA has provided initial information to the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights and will continue to send updates as they become available.”

Despite the embarrassment, Johnson won his match, which notched an overall win for the school.

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