Gigi Lamayne Awarded Media Monitoring Africa Prize
Gigi Lamayne is officially one of the few rappers with college degrees. To add to the young female musician’s success, Gigi Lamayne real name Genesis Manney will be graduating on the 30th March 2016 from Wits University after completing her undergraduate studies in Media and Anthropology with four distinctions.
“I’m really excited to be one of the few musicians with a degree and I hope that this motivates other young and upcoming musicians to take both their craft and education seriously,” Lamayne said on her graduation day.
Lamayne will not only be walking away with her degree but she will also be awarded a Media Monitoring Africa Prize for Top Third-Year student in Media Studies by the Wits Faculty of Humanities. The ceremony is scheduled to be held today at the University.
Letter from faculty:
