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Nas Urges Boys and Girls Club Leaders to Stay in School, Make a Difference
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Hip-hop artist Nas has produced No. 1 albums, performed in front of cheering crowds and had a doll made in his likeness in Japan.
But he never received his high school diploma, and yesterday he told an audience of high school students at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s annual National Keystone Conference that his goal was to get his diploma and encourage others who never graduated to do the same.
“The reality of it is, you need to keep educating yourself, and I wish I had stayed in school,” he said.
The performer, who flew into Pittsburgh early Sunday morning just to speak to the 900 students from around the country gathered at the Hilton Pittsburgh, Downtown, was speaking to the “cream of the crop,” said Frank Sanchez, the vice president for corporate and partner relationships for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The Keystone Club is a division within the Boys & Girls Clubs that promotes leadership with a focus on community service. There are about 1,400 Keystone Clubs, with 12,000 members, and 900 of them raised money to be able to attend the conference that took place here this weekend.
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