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Dr. Dre Partners With Jimmy Iovine For Atlanta Learning Center

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The partnership between Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine dates back decades. Together, they have made billions from their music careers and other businesses, including Apple’s acquisition of the Beats headphone brand. Now, they’re teaming up to put their efforts to good use. Recently, the industry heavyweights came together to give back to Atlanta youth. According to Atlanta News First, the pair partnered with iconic producer Dallas Austin to break ground on their Innovational Learning Center at Frederick Douglass High School.

Named the “Iovine and Young Center,” after Iovine and Dre. Dre, whose real name is Andre Romell Young, the center’s curriculum will offer students “a different learning model.” Students can begin enrolling in the program next school year. “We believe we’re going to give these kids an advantage, a different type of education. So, you all can sell these kids, go out there and say you want these kids. Because the modern job needs these kids. That’s why,” Iovine said during a press conference.

“The Modern Job Needs These Kids,” Iovine Says

LOS ANGELES, CA – APRIL 28: Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine attend a basketball game between Los Angeles Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies Round 1 Game 6 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs against Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on April 28, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

He continued: “Me and Dre think big. We think everybody in the world’s going to learn like this well, maybe! We never thought everybody in the world would wear our headphones, but they did.”  Similar to Iovine, Ariel Brumant, a senior, said the program will help shine a light on her and her fellow peers. “We don’t have as much opportunities as other schools have,” she said.

This marks the second school the two have invested in. Back in 2021, Iovine and Dr.Dre came together to open up a public high school in South Los Angeles. The high school, the Iovine and Young Center Integrated Design, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Magnet, is based at Audubon Middle School in the Leimert Park neighborhood, according to the L.A. Times. “Here’s a place that you can go where there’s something that you can learn that you’re really interested in,” Dre told the publication.

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The Game Claims That 50 Cent And Jimmy Iovine Paid Him $1 Million To Stop Saying ‘G-Unot’

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One of hip-hop’s current longstanding beefs is that between The Game and 50 Cent. The two have not seen eye to eye in almost two decades as every now and then, one side pops out to take a shot at the other. It was just last month that The Game challenged Eminem to a rap battle because of 50’s refusal to spar over music. “50 can’t rap,” The Game said when he was asked about his decision to challenge Em. “So I gotta go a level up and challenge the better rapper, that’s why.” While a rap battle between Game and 50 may never come to fruition, Game will never forget his past wins.

During a recent appearance on the All The Smoke podcast, The Game claimed that 50 Cent and former Interscope CEO Jimmy Iovine gave him $1 million to stop saying “G-Unot” at the height of his beef with 50 Cent and G-Unit. “They wrote me a check, they bought it,” Game said. “I had to trademark the G-Unot. And you remember when I was going around with the rat and doing all that sh*t, that sh*t hurt—killed G-Unit.”

He continued, “You stopped seeing the candy cane tank tops and all that sh*t. The whole G-Unit/Mark Ecko, the shoes, all that sh*t died. That sh*t was a hot commodity at once, G-Unit clothing. N****s was wearing the sweats, headbands, the masks, everything.” Game added that the only way to stop him from using the “G-Unot” phrase was to buy the trademark for it.

“So they had to pay me. I should have asked for more but them n****s gave me a million,” he said. “But I’m a hood n****, a million dollars just to stop saying this word? Where’s the check? They wrote the check and I stopped saying it.”

You can watch the clip from the All The Smoke podcast in the post above.

Dr. Dre And Jimmy Iovine’s Los Angeles High School Will Aim To Accomplish ‘Something Extremely Different’

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Shortly after New Year’s Day this year, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine announced they would open a high school in the South Los Angeles area. It will serve as an extension of the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy, an undergraduate program the duo created in back 2013. Specifics about the school were not revealed at the time of the announcement, but now that’s changed.

According to Billboard, The school will open in the fall of 2022 through a partnership between the duo and the Los Angeles Unified School District. The innovative high school, which is tentatively named Regional High School No. 1, will house 124 ninth and tenth graders, with plans to later accommodate a total of 250 students. It will also offer a unique curriculum that focuses on multidisciplinary, hands-on learning and emphasizes real-world projects. The school will be built on the Audubon Middle School campus in South Los Angeles.

During a press conference on Monday, both Dre and Iovine spoke about the upcoming school. “I think it’s going to be something extremely different,” Dre said. “I’m still trying to learn myself and understand the politics and the hurdles that we have to get over to help. All we’re here to do is help the kids.” He added, “We’re here strictly for the kids and trying to give them a future and something promising that maybe wasn’t available before then, so that is our intent.”

Iovine added, “I didn’t have great experiences at school and I don’t believe Dre did either, but it feels awesome to be here because the idea is to try … It’s incredible to be here and we come here with complete humility. We know how difficult this is, but we hope that we don’t get criticized for trying, because that’s the most important thing.”

Iovine concluded, “I want to encourage people like us that are fortunate and have success to come to these neighborhoods and really do something positive.”