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Roxanne Shante used music industry to get her education..PHD or not..still very smart

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Uploaded by on Nov 1, 2009

Any old school rap student remembers Roxanne Shante from the well
known "Roxanne" battles back in the early hip hop days. She tells her
story in a nutshell of her decision to get her education courtesy of
the music industry. It was revealed and she admitted that she didn't actually receive a PHD degree but did receive her bachelors and was short of receiving her PHD. Google for complete story before believing the hater versions.

A rep for Shante explained that Cornell's Web site had posted a picture of the artist and listed her name as "Dr. Shante," when in fact, she "didn't receive the years of education to constitute a PhD. She did not falsely promote herself as a PhD, but rather she continued what the college started in how they basically said she was a doctor."

Shante sent the following statement responding to the controversy:

I would like to thank my long time fans and supporters for your continued support. I am humbled and grateful to all of you for that.

Without going into all of the details as of right now, I would like to apologize that this story regarding my post recording career has caused such a ruckus. The entire story will be revealed at a later time.

PHD or not, that was very smart decision for her at such a young age!!

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  • Great story... Too bad not a word of it is true... :-(

  • omfg! shes my neighbor!! in jackson heights!!

  • Try Asian women **busizz4me.info**

  • forget about you???? WTF.. We still jam to your music... so definately not forgotten!!!!!

  • Good for her! It's unfortunate that in the entertainment industry, she's an exception to the rule.

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