Charles Iyoho, right and his brother, Tony, left. Photo by Robert Bratney HOUSTON- Lil’ Wayne may be the biggest hip-hop artist never to graduate from the University of Houston (he was a Political Science major back in ’05), but Charles Iyoho (M.A. ’07 Mass Communication Studies) may turn out to be the top rapper repin’ Cougars. Charles and his brother Tony are members of Rhyme University.
And while rhymin’ may not run in the family, a college education certainly does. Tony has a Ph.D., their li’l sister Sylvia just received her JD at the UH Law Center, their older sister has an MBA, their dad has a Ph.D., and their mom has a master’s. Their parents are from Nigeria and moved to the US in 1975. The Iyohos moved around a lot when Charles was growing up, which allowed him to sample different musical genres from around the US, in Africa, and in Oman. His day job is for The Marshall (Texas) News Messenger as an Education Reporter.