Kanye West has gone from college dropout to earning a doctorate from one of the most prestigious art schools in the United States — and he didn't even have to take any extra classes. The rapper, singer, and producer will be awarded an honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 11th,*The Chicago Tribune confirmed, after West himself mentioned the the degree during an interview with*French design blog Clique.

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Alumni to this school are artists like Jeff Koons & Grant Wood!!

"My momma told me go to school, get your doctorate"

Dr. West

Incredible!

King and his achievements

Is that even possible to get an honorary doctorate or any degree in particular?

Someone enlighten me.

that doctorate lost all its meaning.

Yes, sis, it happens all the time

Yes. Celebrities are often given honorary degrees or doctorates for their contributions to an industry relating to said degree.

King Kanye

Great

Being a bit dramatic aren't you.

Kanye Omari West, D.A.

King of Education.

It's not as if you were going to that school studying to get that same degree .

do I have to go to that school to know that it totally invalidates every other students who has attain that doctorate by actually studying for it?

and what does me being a Britney stan has to do with Kanye getting a doctorate for doing nothing? i swear to god, ppl go to the most stalest of drags when they can't think of anything else. why can't i offer my two cents? is this not a forum? do you know what a forum is? look it up, hun. then you might know why i'm offering my two cents. you fail at logic don't you? much like Azealia banks.

Many celebrities, including Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, Ben Affleck, John Legend, Robert de Niro, Sean Combs, Oprah Winfrey, and Celia Cruz, to name just a few, have been granted honorary degrees for their contributions to the arts. It is not necessarily the same as an actual PhD,so it does not in any way denigrate the research and work by those who spend 6 or7 years to get their post-graduate degree. On the other hand, these big names actually raise the schools' profiles.