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DJ Khaled crashes Berkeley graduates ceremony

Surprise appearance by 'All I Do is Win' rapper variously delights and bemuses statistics scholars collecting diplomas from prestigious California institution

Friday 19 May 2017 07:43 BST
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DJ Khaled at Berkeley (UC Berkeley/YouTube)

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A group of future number-crunchers had their commencement crashed by DJ Khaled.

The hip-hop star and social media celebrity gave a surprise performance at the ceremony for statistics graduates at the University of California, Berkeley.

In a video posted by the school, speaker Steve Stout had just finished his address Thursday when he said there was a gift for students.

DJ Khaled then walked out among the grads wearing a baby-blue tracksuit and rapping his signature hit “All I Do Is Win.”

The students looked so stunned and confused that few obeyed when he shouted for them to raise their hands in the air.

The 41-year-old rapper then gave a pep talk, saying the world once refused to believe in him, and now he's onstage with “kids and queens and a generation of geniuses.”

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