Might 13, 2025
The Florida-based Christian college bestowed two honorary doctoral levels to the rapper
Dr. Boosie Badazz is formally within the constructing.
The Louisiana rapper obtained two honorary doctorate levels from Kingdom Heritage College—one in music composition and the opposite in music administration—for his lengthy profession in hip-hop.
Boosie attended the Might 10 graduation ceremony and went viral for this sudden second. The Neighborhood Speak reposted footage of the large day.
“In addition they named the music class on the school after me,” the 42-year-old, whose actual title is Torence Ivy Hatch Jr., mentioned. “What don’t kill you solely makes you stronger. Dr. Hatch, I’m bout to get some enterprise playing cards made. All that is God’s plan.”
The glory shocked the general public, particularly because the rapper is a continuing face on social media. Nonetheless, the Florida-based Christian college expressed its adoration for Boosie and his journey to this point.
“We’re right here to honor you. Your ache has not been wasted. Platform has a objective. Your legacy is simply starting. We all know your title as Lil Boosie. Heaven will now know you as Dr. Hatch,” Bishop Dr. Michael Bates Sr. mentioned in the course of the ceremony.
“I simply need to say thanks. I actually admire it…I ain’t by no means been gave something like this. So I actually admire it,” the rapper responded.
Boosie, a polarizing determine in hip-hop, has tried to do proper by his hometown by establishing a neighborhood scholarship. Though the hassle, meant to honor slain Southern College scholar Caleb Wilson, failed attributable to miscommunication with Wilson’s household, Boosie nonetheless tries to uplift his Baton Rouge group and its youth.
Regardless of his presently unclear phrases with the Louisiana HBCU, Kingdom Heritage College has welcomed Boosie with open arms.
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