Jimmy Iovine owes a lot to the inner cities of Los Angeles, he said, and he intends to pay back those communities and the people who live in them. One way the co-founder of Interscope Records is doing so is by opening a public high school with rapper and producer Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, in Inglewood that will focus on interdisciplinary studies, geared toward pushing underserved students to their highest potential.
The Inglewood Unified School District and Iovine announced on Monday during an assembly at Morningside High School that the Iovine and Young Education Group will launch the Iovine and Young Center Inglewood, a public high school academy in fall 2025. [] The exact location of the new campus is still being determined, Jessica Ochoa, Executive Director of Communications and Community Relations for the district said Monday. Related Articles “This academy is a milestone of evolution in the city,” Inglewood Mayor James T.
Butts said Monday. “What we want to do here in Inglewood is offer things that other cities don’t offer; we want parents to want to put their children in the Inglewood Unified School District.” Iovine and Young have worked together since 1991 when the Young released his first solo album “The Chronic” through Interscope Records when Iovine was head of the label.
When the pair launched Beats Electronics in 2008, “we started hiring people and realized we couldn’t find people that could speak different disciplines in work,” Iovine said..