Drake cashes out school in Philly a new studio ? (Article)

#AMPtv got the word that Toronto artist Drake is making positive headlines moving into the weekend after he reportedly went into his pockets to pay for a Philadelphia school to receive a recording studio.

 According to reports, the Toronto native broke the big news to Philly students this week.

It's maybe not what Philly's Strawberry Mansion High School needs most, but it's still a whole lot. And it's what rapper Drake is giving. In a segment that aired on ABC News Wednesday, Drake visited the North Philly public high school to announce that he's going to build a recording studio at the chronically underresourced school. "This about you," the rapper told the screaming students. "This about your principal. This about your future. I love you. I care about you. I want to see you succeed."

(Color Lines)

 In his ABC News segment, the rapper-singer explained what inspired the entire decision.

"I caught this piece that Diane did and I was like by the end of it I was so heavily affected that at the end I started questioning like major aspects of my life. It just really changed a lot about me."

(ABC News)

 According to reports, the school received donations and seen achievement amongst its students since all the media coverage.

It changed a lot of people. Now, Strawberry Mansion High School represents hope - not only to its students, but to the community. This year, 55 of this year's senior students were accepted to college, twice the number of acceptances from last year. And when ABC News reported in the spring that some of those students wouldn't be heading to school this fall because they could not pay their deposits, kind-hearted viewers stepped in and helped out. According to ABC, donations received after the first broadcast helped to provide 13 college scholarships, as well as paying for school uniforms, textbooks, notebooks and calculators.

(Forbes)