Kanye West on Monday afternoon received an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, after delivering a speech during the school's commencement.

SAIC described the rapper as "a leader in the music industry as a Grammy Award-winning recording artist and producer, as well as a fashion designer and interdisciplinary artist whose work provokes cultural discourse by reflecting a realism of the street."

Lisa Wainwright, SAIC's dean of faculty and vice president of academic administration at SAIC, said the decision was prompted by an interview in which West said he wishes he had attended the school. “I read it and thought, ‘Wow, this is a fantastic moment.’ Here is this major figure in the cultural landscape promoting art school, this guy from Chicago saying art school is cool. So we thought, ‘This man deserves an honorary doctorate from us!’ He should have gone here."

So that's Dr. Kanye West now.