News | Entertainment
15 Mar 2025 17:11
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Dr. Dre hopes to inspire kids who can change the world

    The 55-year-old rap star and his business partner Jimmy Iovine are the founders of the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy - which aims to promote entrepreneurial thought in business, design, engineering, marketing, and the arts - and Dre believes their academic institution could one day help to shape the future of the planet


    He said: "We know that one of these kids that comes out of our academy has the potential to do something that will change the world.

    "That's the number one thing for me. To provide that nurturing and start that I never received."

    Jimmy, 67 - who co-founded Beats Electronics with Dre - is focused on innovation and the next generation of pioneers.

    He shared: "I think [Dre and I] are now in a position to think about who's going to be the next Steve Jobs, the next Bob Iger, the next Dr Dre ... It's always been something at the back of my mind, and it's staggering to me why no-one else is looking at it like we are."

    Jimmy has also announced plans to create a new high school.

    The entrepreneur told the June issue of GQ magazine: "We want to give underrated kids an edge.

    "We want to market our high school, we want to make it appealing for kids to stay in school and learn. Most don't want to be there.

    "All they see all day is Instagram and this and that, while millennials read time and time again how Mark Zuckerberg left school and became a trillionaire.

    "What kids want nowadays is a shot at the ring - that's what they want. So the best way to empower these impatient kids is to give them the tools for this new world we live in: give them an education, combining liberal arts with tech.

    "The thing that Dre and I can sprinkle over the curriculum is our hustle."

    Read the full feature in the June issue of GQ, available via digital download and on newsstands from Thursday (07.05.20).

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     15 Mar: Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff's eldest daughter would "do anything in the world" to hug her again
     15 Mar: Billy Joel is "totally healthy", Christie Brinkley's daughter has insisted
     15 Mar: Kanye West could make children as young as five shave their heads for his Sunday Service choir
     15 Mar: Alec Baldwin found it much harder "being himself" on his reality show than acting on set
     15 Mar: Wendy Williams' assisted living facility filed a police report claiming she was "kidnapped" by a family member
     15 Mar: Sadie Frost was "really knocked" by her public divorce from Jude Law
     15 Mar: Brad Pitt is in a "great place" after his divorce from Angelina Jolie
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Ex-Australian rugby captain Rocky Elsom handed two-year jail term in France for misusing corporate assets More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Auckland could become one of the cornerstones of the SailGP calendar, with the league discussing a six-year agreement to run events in the City of Sails More...



     Today's News

    Entertainment:
    Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff's eldest daughter would "do anything in the world" to hug her again 17:05

    Politics:
    Iraq and Donald Trump announce killing of senior ISIS leader in attack by coalition forces 16:57

    Business:
    Auckland could become one of the cornerstones of the SailGP calendar, with the league discussing a six-year agreement to run events in the City of Sails 16:57

    Motorsports:
    Liam Lawson's struggles at the Australian Grand Prix have gone from bad to worse 16:37

    International:
    Russian captain involved in North Sea cargo ship crash charged with manslaughter and gross negligence 16:37

    Entertainment:
    Billy Joel is "totally healthy", Christie Brinkley's daughter has insisted 16:35

    Accident and Emergency:
    A person has died following a two-vehicle crash involving a motorbike in Otago this morning 16:27

    Motoring:
    How the Brabham-Repco team ended years of European dominance in Formula 1 16:27

    Entertainment:
    Kanye West could make children as young as five shave their heads for his Sunday Service choir 16:05

    Entertainment:
    Alec Baldwin found it much harder "being himself" on his reality show than acting on set 15:35


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd