Two of Centennial Excessive Faculty’s most well-known alums got here dwelling for a significant transfer ahead.
Dr. Dre and Kendrick Lamar returned to their old-fashioned in Compton to assist break floor for a brand new development mission. Hip-Hop legend Will.i.am. and longtime Congresswoman Maxine Waters had been additionally in attendance.
Dre attended Centennial throughout his freshman 12 months in 1979. Nonetheless, he transferred the next 12 months to Fremont Excessive in South Central as a consequence of poor grades, a undeniable fact that he jokingly referenced throughout his speech on Thursday.
“Typically you hear that time period full-circle. Properly, this can be a full-circle second for me as a result of I did truly attend this highschool,” Dre spoke. “Properly, generally I attended.”
The music mogul mirrored on what the second meant to him and the impression he hopes the mission could have on future technology of scholars.
“On this present day, I’m making a dedication and that dedication is to let go of the notion of giving again. As an alternative, I’m embracing the ability of investing ahead,” he continued. “Now you could not know this about me, however I solely in make investments in issues which have a robust impression.”
“Right now isn’t nearly a brand new constructing, it’s concerning the promise I saved to the town that made me, level, clean, interval. And this groundbreaking is the place the imaginative and prescient we shared for years lastly hits the pavement.”
Dre was very instrumental within the college’s new design, providing recommendation on facilities comparable to recording studios.
Whereas he didn’t share any feedback, Ok.Dot. who graduated from Centennial in 2005, was all smiles through the ceremony, in full help of the mission.
