You Must Learn: College Courses Based on Music Stars

Kendrick Lamar, Diddy, Beyoncé, Tupac and more.

Madonna at University of Amsterdam - Madonna became the subject of a 40-hour course in 1997. Her extraordinary career of button-pushing, thought-provoking and just good ol' fashioned entertaining was used to examine her media savvy, religious beliefs and image as a sex symbol.(Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images)
4th Dimension \r - Singer Lady Gaga — always pushing the fashion envelope and, of course, taking live performance to the next level — appears onstage at the MTV Europe Music Awards in a futuristic red dress with twirling skirt at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
The Throne - Jay-Z's and Kanye West's kingly duo is set to rule over the BET Awards with a whopping five nominations: two for Video of the Year (for "Otis" and "Paris"), one for Best Group, one for Best Collaboration (for "Otis"), and one for the Coca-Cola Viewers' Choice Award (for "Otis").(Photo: Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Got to Be There - Globally known for being the King of Pop, at the root of Michael Jackson's historic and trailblazing career is his love for Black urban culture (from which hip hop springs forth). And Michael Jackson has been down with hip hop since his years with the Jackson 5, when he began helping to expose aspects of the culture to mainstream audiences in the '70s.In honor of the fifth anniversary of his death, check out Mike's key hip hop moments and how he's repped the streets since day one.  (Photo: Phil Walter/Getty Images)The One and Only - Prince puts on a show bathed in purple light at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/WireImage for NPG Records 2013)

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Lady Gaga at University of South Carolina - A professor at the University of South Carolina became so curious about Lady Gaga's meteoric rise to superstardom that an entire class was created to study it. "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame" was designed to understand how and why the "Born This Way" singer, in particular, has millions of social media followers and fans around the globe. (Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

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