Dropout To Speaker, Lil Pump Set To Give Harvard Commencement

After releasing his two-year in the making highly-anticipated new album, Harverd Dropout, it was announced that Warner Bros recording artist Lil Pump will be giving this year’s commencement speech at the prestigious Harvard University.

Confirmed by the WHRB Harvard Radio, the 18-year-old “ESSKEETIT” hitmaker was handpicked by Harvard and will be labeled, “youngest commencement speaker in history”. Following an iconic list of speakers including Oprah, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg. Many easily recognized this as a promo stunt for both the university and star whom just released an album of the similar title.

Proclaiming his lost the album in 2017, Lil Pump’s latest effort is a 16-track full-length featuring hit singles, “I Love It”, “Racks on Racks”, and “Butterfly Doors”. For Dropout, Pump enlists the support of Hip-Hop’s biggest acts including, YG, 2 Chainz, Quavo, Offset, SmokePurpp, Lil Uzi Vert, Kanye West, and more. Stream the new album on Spotify below and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

Upon announcement, fans instantly began asking what the Florida sensation will say during his speech along with how did they pick him if he didn’t graduate from Harvard.

“You don’t gotta graduate from Harvard to do this speech,” said Pump in a statement. “I dropped out, so they called me like they called the guy that made Windows and PCs and shit before I was born. You just need a cap and gown, which I got. When I found out, I was happy to give everyone a lesson. I’m all about the youth. Yes, they are the future. This is a preview of my speech, one word: ESSKEETIT!!!!!!”

Harvard’s 368th Commencement ceremony will take place on May 30th 2019. In support of his new album release, Lil Pump unveiled the Lil Wayne-featured visual for the track “Be Like Me”. The third video release off the album via Warner Bros.