Nas Funds Scholarships To Give To African-Americans & Latinos

Nas is truly a rapper who is both inspirational and giving. News just broke that the Queensbridge native is partnering up with General Assembly to sponsor scholarships for African-American and Latino students.

General Assembly is a vocational school for engineering and programming in New York City. The school is opening the “Opportunity Fund” to help bring diversity into technology. Microsoft, Google and Hirepurpose will also provide funds for the project. Each company will sponsor different populations. While Nas will give scholarships primarily to African-Americans and Latinos.

“This is the start of what hopefully will be a contribution to what will be a more diverse and accessible community worldwide,” General Assembly CEO Jake Schwartz told the Observer.