Two HBCUs will also receive a $10,000 grant each for equipment for their music programs.
The Recording Academy’s Black Music Collective and Amazon Music selected five students as the recipients of the Your Future Is Now scholarship, designed to give students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities the opportunity to learn and explore all facets of the music industry.
“We are immensely proud to collaborate with Amazon Music in renewing this exceptional scholarship program for the third consecutive year,”, vp of DEI at the Recording Academy said in a statement. “The imperative of Black representation in the music industry cannot be overstated, and this scholarship is a tangible manifestation of our unwavering commitment to promoting the aspirations of future Black music leaders.
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