Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is gifting a need-based music scholarship to the University of Michigan.

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, raised in metro Detroit, teamed up with the Michigan Marching Band while announcing a music scholarship.

Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith is gifting a need-based music scholarship to the University of Michigan. (AP video: Mike Householder) ...

The Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, who was raised in Bloomfield Hills, is naming the scholarship after his parents.

Chad Smith, center, performs with the University of Michigan Marching Band at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Nov.

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 ...

The halftime show during the Oct. 11 Big Ten showdown between the Minnesota Gophers and Purdue Boilermakers will feature Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. No, not the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Chad Smith performed with the University of Minnesota's marching band at halftime of their 2025 Homecoming game against ...