Grammy Award-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk gave local students the chance of a lifetime.
This week, he flew 19 Chicago High School students to St. John's University in New York.The students have been in New York since Tuesday as part of an all-expenses-paid trip provided by Lil Durk's Neighborhood Heroes Foundation.The students had never met the rapper, but as they were telling him, "Thank you," he joined our interview by phone."You know, God works in mysterious ways. You got to push each other.
Since 2020, the Spring Break Transformative Tour has been fostering college and career readiness, giving students a unique opportunity to engage directly with university faculty and students, explore diverse career pathways and fully immerse themselves in a vibrant academic environment.They also get the opportunity to learn about different careers from people in some of the most prominent jobs in the country."Our goal is to get these young thought leaders to get the exposure.
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