Rihanna
never went to college but the R&B superstar voiced delight as she was
presented an award by Harvard University for her humanitarian work.
“So
I made it to Harvard! Never thought I would be able to say that in my life, but
it feels good,” a beaming Rihanna said to students’ cheers at the prestigious
US university Tuesday evening.
Harvard
named the 29-year-old singer its Humanitarian of the Year, pointing to her
projects that include an advanced center to treat breast cancer in her native
Barbados and support for girls’ education around the developing world.
Rihanna
said she had set up her first charity at age 18 and remarked: “People make it
seem way too hard, man.”
“You
don’t need to be rich to help someone, you don’t need to be famous, you don’t
even need to be college-educated,” she said, while joking that she wished she
were.
“I
want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person, one
organization, one situation that touches your heart,” she said.
“My
grandmother always used to say, ‘If you got a dollar, there’s plenty to
share.'”
Rihanna,
who was discovered by a music executive while still a teenager, has also set up
a scholarship program named after her grandparents for Caribbean students in
the United States.
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