Destiny James received $50,000 scholarship from Drake in 2018 and is now graduating with her master's degree. Photo sourced from: 'God's Plan' video. Destiny's photo sourced from her, taken by Davonte Anthony
<p>Roommates, do you remember the young lady who received a $50,000 scholarship in <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/drake-leads-the-nominations-for-the-2018-bet-hip-hop-awards/">Drake&#8217;s &#8216;God&#8217;s Plan&#8217; music</a> video? Well, it looks like our good sis, whose real name is Destiny James, put the coins to very good use! A tweet started circulating on Wednesday comparing Destiny during the 2018 video and now. Turns out that later this week, Destiny will be graduating from the University of North Carolina&#8217;s Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her master&#8217;s degree is in Public Health in Health Behavior.</p>
<p>&#8220;Public health has been a passion of mine since 2016 when my dad passed from stage 4 lung cancer,&#8221; Destiny told The Shade Room staff. &#8220;Obtaining this degree is something I will always be proud of! The obstacles I was able to overcome fueled my fire and I am so proud to say I am now a graduate of the #1 ranked public school for public health in the country.&#8221;</p>
<p>Destiny began her college studies at the University of Miami in 2015. She appeared in Drake&#8217;s video in February 2018. Her scene in &#8216;God&#8217;s Plan&#8217; is short and intertwined with solo scenes of Drake rapping and scenes of grocery donations. Nonetheless, Destiny was filmed sitting on a wall ledge, looking straight ahead and smiling for the camera. Behind her, Drake is seen coming down a flight of stairs. When Destiny catches a <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/drake-sent-a-personal-birthday-message-to-a14-year-old-fan-battling-brain-cancer/">glimpse of Drake</a>, she gets off the wall and lets out a surprised noise. The two embrace. Then, they are seen holding a giant $50,000 check labeled &#8220;University of Miami Scholarship.&#8221; In her final appearance, Destiny is seen smiling and letting out, what seemed to be, a breath of relief for receiving the scholarship.</p>
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<p>Destiny graduated from the University of Miami in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health degree. Then in August 2019, Destiny went on to pursue her master&#8217;s at the University of North Carolina. On Tuesday, Destiny posted one of her graduation photos. She is pictured wearing a short, white dress accessorized by a slicked ponytail, dangling earrings and her master&#8217;s hood. In one hand she holds her cap, as she looks away from the camera and gives a beaming, open-mouth smile.</p>
<p>&#8220;Mama, I mastered it. Daddy, I did it,&#8221; Destiny partially captioned the post.</p>
<p>Drake commented under the post saying &#8220;<span class="">LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DES.&#8221; </span></p>
<p>Roomies, let&#8217;s send Destiny congratulations for this accomplishment!</p>
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