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Young Guru Announces Roc Nation Scholarship

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 07/01/2026

Applications due July 17 for full four-year tuition at the School of Music, Sports & Entertainment at Long Island University.

Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton, Jay-Z’s longtime engineer and now director of the Music Technology, Entrepreneurship & Production program at Roc Nation, collaborated with PAD president Dave Malekpour on the facility’s audio technology choices. Photo: Joe Janisheski of Lightroom Studios.

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Audio Education 2024, Pt. 2: LIU Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment

By Steve Harvey ⋅ Published: 11/26/2024 ⋅ Updated: 11/27/2024

Long Island University’s Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment, founded by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter in 2008, recently unveiled a new Dolby Atmos...

Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton has joined LIU's Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment

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Young Guru Joins Roc Nation School

By Mix Staff ⋅ Published: 06/23/2022

Grammy-winning producer/engineer Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton has joined LIU's Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment.