The Hip Hop Architect surprises student at his alma-mater with $10,000 scholarship

December 20, 2021

December 6, 2021 was Mike Ford Day at Cass Tech High School in Detroit, and the Hip-Hop Architect celebrated by giving away a $10,000.00 scholarship to Cass Tech senior Sarah Shaw-Nichols who is headed to college to study architecture.

Sarah is currently considering University of Michigan, University of Detroit Mercy and Cornell.

The $10,000.00 scholarship was funded by a continued Hip Hop Architecture Camp partner, Herman Miller.

Check out the scholarship surprise which Ford captured on Facebook live.

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Big Sean Builds Music Studio at Cass Tech High School in Detroit

June 11, 2015

Rapper Big Sean unveiled a new music studio at his alma mater, Cass Technical High School in Detroit Michigan. Cass Tech is the alma mater of many of Detroit's black architects and designers, including myself and Rainy Hamilton Jr. Cass Tech is recognized as one the best high schools in the nation and is one of the only Detroit Public Schools which requires students to take admissions test and requires a minimum grade point average for enrolled students. Big Sean graduated from CT with a 3.7 gpa and despite many scholarship offers, he choose to follow his true dream, entertainment.