{"id":439078,"date":"2026-05-08T18:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439078\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T18:03:13","slug":"kendrick-lamar-dr-dre-return-to-their-compton-high-school-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439078\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Lamar & Dr. Dre Return to Their Compton High School: Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKendrick Lamar<\/a> and Dr. Dre<\/a> have served up a piece of Compton to the masses, but the pair of California rap dignitaries returned to their alma mater for a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday (May 7).<\/p>\n

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\n\tWill.i.am<\/a> also joined Dre and K. Dot for the ceremony at Compton\u2019s Centennial High School. Dr. Dre stepped to the podium and delivered a brief speech about the importance of \u201cinvesting forward\u201d to help the next generation.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cToday is really nostalgic for me. Sometimes you hear that term \u2018full circle.\u2019 This is really a full-circle moment for me because I did actually attend this high school. Well, sometimes I attended,\u201d he quipped. \u201cI was enrolled, I was here, sometimes. I\u2019m making a commitment, and that commitment is to let go of the notion of giving back. Instead, I\u2019m embracing the power of investing forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDre continued: \u201cToday isn\u2019t just about a new building, it\u2019s about a promise kept to the city that made me \u2014 point blank. Period. This groundbreaking is where the vision we\u2019ve shared for years finally hits the pavement. We aren\u2019t just moving dirt today. We\u2019re investing in the next generation that\u2019s coming straight out of Compton.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tConstruction on the building, which will accommodate 1,000 new students, is expected to be completed in 2029, according to Complex. <\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re tearing down walls and opening doors for our next scholars, innovators, creators, pioneers, technicians and engineers that absolutely have the potential to change this world,\u201d the former N.W.A. icon concluded.<\/p>\n

\n\tPhotos emerged of Dre and Kendrick at the ceremony,<\/a> holding shovels and rocking red reflective construction vests.<\/p>\n

\n\tWill.i.am spoke <\/a>about how giving kids access to resources and technology will give them a chance at achieving better careers. \u201cWe are going to build jobs, careers and industries with this technology because we know the problems that have never been solved,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\n\tDr. Dre has remained involved as a consultant,<\/a> advising designers of the renovation project on technology and the placement of recording studios on campus.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Dr. Dre\u2019s speech below, which begins just shy of the 40-minute mark. <\/p>\n


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