Lots of hip-hop fans listen intently to the lyrics of Master P as if the song lines were part of a handbook on how to succeed. After last week, a group of students from Orr High School in Chicago will attach extra relevance to "Lose It and Get It Back," from his latest album, Gameface.
The students were scammed last month when a New Orleans woman posing as a representative from Master P's label, No Limit, took orders from the teenagers for clothing and concert tickets, then ran off with $1,500 of the kids' cash without delivering the goods. In total, the woman duped kids at five Chicago schools and even had students model No Limit clothes in an effort to boost sales.
In response to the ruse, local rap station WPWX (Power 92) cut the students a check for their lost funds and Master P and his son Lil' Romeo made a special trip to North Side High School to give students from all five schools a pep talk.
The rapper, clad in a Gucci hat, jersey and baggy gray jogging suit, urged the kids to stay in school and follow their dreams. Then he headed to the school's gym to play a game of one-on-one basketball with Chicago Public Schools CEO Arne Duncan.
