Dr. Dre gave $10 million to help build a performing arts center at the new Compton High School in his hometown neighborhood of Compton, Los Angeles. Compton High School students and members of the community will have access to the performing arts center. It will feature state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for digital media production, as well as a 1,200-seat theater. 
 
 "My goal is to provide kids with the kind of tools and learning they deserve," Dr. Dre said in a statement. "The performing arts center will be a place for young people to be creative in a way that will help further their education and positively define their future." 
 
 Dr. Dre will also lead a fundraising effort to acquire the rest of the money needed to complete the center. Construction is expected to begin by 2020. 
 
 Dre's donation to the new Compton High School comes a few years after he promised to donate all the royalties from his last album, Compton, to fund new performing arts and entertainment facility in the city. The musician/mogul announced his plan during an interview with Beats 1 radio Zane Lowe, noting he was working with Compton Mayor Aja Brown. 
 
 
 
 "I've been really trying to do something special for Compton and just couldn't quite figure out what it was," Dre said at the time. "She actually had this idea and she was already in the process of working on it. I said, 'Boom, this is what we should do.'" 
 
 Dr. Dre was born and raised in Compton, though did not attend Compton High School (he briefly attended Centennial High School, which is in the same district). In recent years, the rapper has focused intently on promoting his hometown, both on Compton and with the N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton, but also through mentoring young talent from the neighborhood like Kendrick Lamar. ||||| LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A professional drummer who has served as a musical director for the United Nations and “The Arsenio Hall Show” allegedly embezzled $750,000 from a charity concert for homeless children and used the pilfered money to buy his ex-wife a house in Calabasas, federal prosecutors said Monday. 
 
 Robin DiMaggio, 47, of Woodland Hills, was expected to make his first court appearance Monday following his arrest Friday afternoon, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. 
 
 Prosecutors say DiMaggio promised to help the Peace for You Peace for Me Foundation, a Bulgaria-based non-profit organization, with organizing a charity concert in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia that was designed to raise money for and raise awareness of homeless and displaced children from conflict zones throughout the world. 
 
 “He took the money, deposited it into his own account, never put it in an escrow account and then spent the money on cars, living expenses and purchasing a home for his ex-wife,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Poonam Kumar said. 
 
 In a series of communications, DiMaggio allegedly told the Foundation that he would be able to secure several celebrities to perform at the charity concert. 
 
 In August 2016, the foundation’s financial sponsor allegedly wired $750,000 to a DiMaggio-controlled account as a guarantee for future payments related to artists performing at the charity concert, prosecutors said. 
 
 DiMaggio allegedly pledged not to spend the money, and that he would place it in an escrow account to be used later to pay artists who would perform at the concert. 
 
 The complaint alleges DiMaggio never set up the escrow account and instead deposited the $750,000 into his personal bank account and used the money to make payments on cars, credit card debt and his living expenses. 
 
 Prosecutors say within weeks of the wire transfer, DiMaggio used $251,370 of the funds to buy a Calabasas home for his ex-wife. He also wired $150,000 of the funds to a bank account in the name of his company, DiMagic Entertainment, Inc., according to the complaint. 
 
 None of the transfers was distributed to artists or their management in connection with the charity concert in Bulgaria, according to the complaint. 
 
 DiMaggio has performed or recorded with a number of A-list artists, including Paul Simon, David Bowie, Jackson Browne, Diana Ross, Tupac, Dr. Dre, Luther Vandross, Lil Jon, Martina McBride, Daft Punk, Johnny Cash, and Chris Isaak, according to his Wikipedia page. 
 
 He assumed the role of United Nations musical director in Sept. 2013. 
 
 DiMaggio also composed the theme song for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, believed to be the first of its kind. 
 
 The case has been investigated by the FBI. 
 
 If convicted, DiMaggio would face up to 20 years in federal prison.
– Dr. Dre is putting a lot of money straight into Compton: The rap mogul is giving back to his hometown with a $10 million donation toward a performing arts complex at the new Compton High School, reports the Los Angeles Times. "My goal is to provide kids with the kind of tools and learning they deserve," says Dre, who will lead a fundraising effort for the rest of the money needed. The new facility, which will include a 1,200-seat theater, will be available to the public as well as students. Dre, who promised in 2015 that he would donate royalties from his Compton album to fund a new performing arts facility, has also mentored young talent from the city, Rolling Stone reports.