A$AP Rocky Funds Full-Tuition Roc Nation Scholarship — SkimNews
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- A$AP Rocky launched a four-year full-tuition scholarship for a first-time freshman at the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at Long Island University, saying he is "a big believer in creating your own lane and giving people the opportunity to do the same."
- Applications opened at apply.liu.edu/rn and close December 15, 2026, targeting first-time freshmen seeking enrollment at the Roc Nation School for Fall 2027.
- DJ Khaled, Megan Thee Stallion, LaMelo Ball, and Young Guru have also established scholarships for Roc Nation School students; Grammy-winning engineer Young Guru additionally serves as Director of the school's Music Technology, Entrepreneurship & Production program.
- The Roc Nation School began enrolling students at LIU in Fall 2021 and already provides Roc Nation Hope Scholarships to 25 percent of enrolled students, enabling those recipients to graduate with a four-year full-tuition scholarship.
- Hope Scholars are drawn from a pool of academically competitive, New York-based, first-time freshmen with the highest financial need, layering need-based aid onto the celebrity-funded scholarships.
Why it matters: For one incoming first-time freshman, A$AP Rocky's scholarship removes the full four-year tuition barrier at a school that already covers tuition for 25 percent of its students through Hope Scholarships, layering a celebrity-funded award onto an existing need-based pipeline with a December 15, 2026 application deadline.
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