As for what he will be teaching at the school, Fiasco said his syllabus was not yet complete but offered a possible synopsis in a since-deleted tweet.

“Syllabus isn’t built yet but I’m thinking its fruit to be had in looking at neuromorphic computation through the lens of Rap as a lossless data compression model with a dash of energy efficiency via refining Landauer’s principle applied to cytoarchitectonics,” Fiasco wrote. “And some rapping…”

The announcement is the second time Fiasco has made headlines this month. The artist announced that his next album "Drill Music in Zion" will drop on June 24 just days before signaling his move to MIT. It is his first LP release since 2018's "Drogas Wave."

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Bernard Wright, the acclaimed funk, soul and jazz musician who rose to national prominence in the 1980s with the release of his trademark hit "Who Do You Love," is dead at 58.

A statement shared Friday (May 19) on Facebook on behalf of Wright's family by former Jamaica Boys bandleader Billy “Spaceman” Patterson confirmed the death.

“On behalf of the family of Bernard Wright (Nard), we are saddened to announce that yesterday Bernard has been called home to the Most High,” Patterson wrote. “Many thanks for everyone’s support, encouragement, and prayers for Nard throughout the years. Please keep the family in your thoughts and prayers through this difficult time."

He ended the post with, "Our hearts are heavy and our faith is strong. To be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord! LOVE! Rest In Power, Nard.”

Benjamin Moore Jr., an R&B and gospel singer whose lauded career spanned more than five decades, died May 12 at 80.

The Blind Boys of Alabama, the mutli-Grammy Award-winning gospel group he joined after losing his eyesight following a successful solo career — and of which he spent 14 years as a member — confirmed the death.

"The Blind Boys of Alabama are heartbroken to report that our beloved brother and co-singer Ben Moore has passed away," the group posted on its official Instagram account.

Bandmate Ricky McKinnie added, “The Blind Boys family is deeply saddened by Ben’s passing. He was an integral part of our group, not just as a talented singer but as a kind and dependable friend. Although he will be sorely missed, I’m grateful for the years of memories.”

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The group said Moore died of natural causes at a hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico, ending an era that began in 2008 when he joined the group, whose original members met in the 1930s at the Alabama Institute for the Blind, after glaucoma obliterated his vision.

He sang on five albums with the band, including 2008’s "Down in New Orleans" which won the Grammy for Best Traditional Gospel Album. In 2010, Moore performed at the White House for an event celebrating music from the Civil Rights movement, and he was still touring with the group when it wrapped up a tour with Mali-based pop duo Amadou and Mariam earlier this month.

Prior to joining the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Atlanta native (born Aug. 7, 1941) had been a gospel and R&B music mainstay for decades.

He was singing and playing guitar by the age of 14 and often toured and performed with his father, Benjamin Moore Sr.'s gospel group Echoes of Zion. In the late '60s and early '70s, he was a member of various groups including Jimmy Tig and the Rounders and Ben and Spence.

He replaced the “original” Bobby Purify in the soul duo James and Bobby Purify in the mid-seventies and released two albums for the group which continued to tour together in the eighties. During this time he also recorded as a solo artist, sometimes as Bobby Purify and under his own name at others.

He released an R&B album and three gospel records. In 983, his song, “He Believes in Me,” lost to Al Green’s “Precious Lord" for Best Soul Gospel Performance — Traditional at the Grammys.