Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine start high school in Los Angeles

Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine want to start the “coolest” school in America.

How do you make sure studying is fun?

The two artists and entrepreneurs, who “hated” school, are, according to them, the best placed to find the solution.

As they explain in an interview with the

, their ambition is to open a school that will encourage its students to become "young people with critical thinking, entrepreneurs and innovators."

“We want to address the kid from the heart of the city, the one who grew up like me.

We want to provide a place where you can go and learn something that really interests you, ”said Dr. Dre, who started his studies in the red light district of Compton, Los Angeles, but had to change high schools to escape. gang violence.

This new high school is due to open in 2022 and has just been approved by the LA Board of Education, which manages all of the city's establishments.

Ambitious

And Jimmy Iovine seems to have great ambitions for this new project, and for his future students.

“It's for kids who want to start their own business, or who want to work in companies like Marvel or Apple.

But we don't want to turn it into a music school, ”said the producer.

For Dr. Dre, who is slowly recovering from an aneurysm and is still in divorce proceedings from Nicole Young, it was important to find a way to get involved for his hometown.

“It's something new and different that might get the kids excited and want to go to school.

I had no idea this was where my life and career was going to be heading, and everything I did throughout my career was going to lead to that, all of those things being a stepping stone to get here. .

Is that the end?

You know, the Big Bang?

I hope this is the case, ”he concluded.

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