MINNEAPOLIS — There are many inspirations in music that young artists look to. It's not often that you actually meet them, though.

At the University of Minnesota, that inspiration wasn't just on campus Saturday – he's helping out the next generation of students.

"What better place than where, you know, it all began?" Chad Smith, drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, said.

Smith is originally from St. Paul, and his parents are graduates of the University of Minnesota.

The Chad Smith Foundation launched in August, and Smith says it only made sense to start their first college scholarship at a place that means so much to his family.

"I remember hearing, my early recollection, when I was really young, was the baseball stadium, which is now the Mall of America, was there, and you could

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