New Hip-Hop Scholarships for Students at the University of Wisconsin

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The University of Wisconsin at Madison has announced the first winners of it First Wave/MC Lyte Scholarships, sponsored by the Hip-Hop Sisters Network and its founder, hip-hop artist MC Lyte.

Miona Short of Chicago and Hiwot Adilow of Philadelphia will each receive four-year, full-tuition scholarships to the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Learning Community, the nation’s only college-level learning community for hip-hop and the spoken word.

More on this unique learning community is available here.

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