Drake Gives Away $50K Scholarship; Donates $25K to Miami High School

Drake started his week off in a giving mood, making surprise visits to two Miami schools to shoot a music video while dropping $75,000 in the name of education.

Monday morning, the Toronto MC popped up at Miami Senior High School to film scenes for upcoming video, “God’s Plan.”

#Drake today at Miami Senior High School 🎥#Godsplan @ms.a.diaz

A post shared by Drake Official Fansite (@wordonrd) on Feb 5, 2018 at 1:11pm PST

While on campus, he donated $25K to the school and promised to help design new school uniforms, according to The Jasmine Brand.

Best Day Ever! The REAL Drake was at the High today! Thanks for giving back to the community! @Drake pic.twitter.com/9PqaUoerqt

— Miami Senior High (@miamiseniorhigh) February 5, 2018

Later the same day, the Grammy-winner made his way to the University of Miami, where he surprised one student with a $50K scholarship.
Destiny Jones took to Instagram to share the great news.

This happened today. I applied to scholarships last year for which I had to write an essay. I received those scholarships and thought that was the end of it. Apparently, my essay and my story made it to other departments. I was contacted this weekend about doing a video speaking about where I come from, things I’ve been through, and why it is so important for scholarship donors to continue to donate. This was the surprise the whole time. Drake told me that he has read great things about me and appreciates how hard I’ve worked through so many trials and decided to give me $50K for my tuition. @champagnepapi THANK YOU SO MUCH!!’ You don’t understand what this means to me! I would’ve never imagined this happening to me. I’m just a girl from Denmark, SC that wants to MAKE IT and be somebody and for you to see my hard work means the world. Thank you so much. God I thank you. You are so great and amazing! Thank you for blessing me when I thought my hard work was going unnoticed. I’m living out my dreams. God’s Plan 🙏🏾

A post shared by Destiny Paris James (@_destinyparis) on Feb 5, 2018 at 4:45pm PST

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Born and raised in Compton, California, Jessica Bennett began her career as an intern at The Oakland Post, and later, The Source Magazine. She went on to write for respected hip hop publications such as DJ Booth and Hip Hop DX before becoming the Urban Editor of pop culture website, Wetpaint.com. She joined Ebony as the Entertainment Editor August 2017. Bennett has interviewed such names as Vanessa Williams, Spike Lee, Tyra Banks, Forest Whitaker, Magic & Cookie Johnson and several others.