DETROIT — Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer and hometown boy made good Chad Smith is launching a music scholarship at the University of Michigan, the rocker has announced.

Smith, who grew up in Bloomfield Hills, made a surprise appearance at Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium during Sunday’s Band-O-Rama to make the announcement, performing “The Victors” and the Chili Peppers’ “Can’t Stop” with University of Michigan’s Marching Band.

“We want to give something back and be able to expose people to opportunities to be able to follow their passion, just like I did growing up,” says the Lahser High School grad.

The scholarship — part of the Chad Smith Foundation, launched in August — is presented in the name of Smith’s parents, Joan and Curtis Smith. Smith’s mother, Joan, is 98 and still lives in the h

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