Chad Smith, the Grammy award-winning drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, was born in Minnesota. His parents are also graduates from the University of Minnesota. Now he's coming full circle in launching a scholarship at the university's music school.

"I love performing in the Twin Cities. I think we played the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival last year, and it's a special place for me," Smith said. "I was born in the Twin Cities, lived in Bloomington for three years, so I don't remember that much. Although, the old baseball stadium was like, you could hear, 'Harmon Killebrew!'"

The Chad Smith Foundation is launching its first-ever scholarship at the U's School of Music. The scholarship honors his parents, who instilled a lifelong love of learning and

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