#BBB NEWS| Mike Epps Receives High School Diploma From Arsenal Tech H.S. [PHOTOS]

Funnyman Mike Epps is the latest entertainer to put aside his career to fulfill his educational pursuits. The 45-year-old revealed on his Instagram account that he received his high school diploma from Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis, Ind., earlier this week.

In a photo with his mother, Epps expressed his elation in achieving this feat, and wrote “From a class clown to becoming world renowned #nevergiveup,” before posting other images of the occassion on the social media app.

#BBB NEWS| Mike Epps On Zoe Saldana In Nina Simone Biopic: “She Did A Good Job”

Zoe Saldana endured a rough couple of months since casting for a Nina Simone biopic revealed that she would take on the lead role. Since then she’s received tough criticism, citing her light complexion and ethnicity as problems for playing a dark-skinned African American woman.

Although many comments have been cut-throat, Mike Epps is stepping forward in Saldana’s defense after viewing the movie ahead of its release.

According to Epps, Zoe “did a good job” portraying the revered vocalist. Epps, who played Richard Pyror in a recent biopic, admitted that it’s hard to portray a famous figure when one generation considers them to be a staple of culture during that period and the other isn’t familiar with them at all.

“The thing about doing biopics is that the younger generation doesn’t really know who they’re coming to see like when Jamie [Foxx] did Ray Charles I’m pretty sure there was a big percentage of the fans who didn’t really know who Ray Charles was – really the younger audience – so they were really just coming to watch Jamie Foxx perform,” Epps told People.