Superstars Encourage Teens To Finish School
6:00AM ET October 22nd, 2010
Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff
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Superstars Big Boi and Keri Hilson dropped in on some Chicago students on Thursday (October 21) as part of the Get Schooled National Challenge and Tour. The tour is designed to engage students and encourage them to improve their high school graduation rates, in the hopes of increasing college completion rates.

"Before I started doing music, I was actually going to school to study child psychology, but, when I was in 11th grade, we went platinum," Big Boi revealed. "But I still finished and graduated with honors…you need that."

Hilson added: "I juggled a lot in high school. I had to learn balance, I had to learn to prioritize my time. I think that is the key to making it through high school in life in general, is knowing what's important. attacking that and executing everything."