Sean “Diddy” Combs by no means forgot the recommendation his grandmother gave him, and over the weekend he put her phrases into motion with a significant donation to an HBCU (traditionally black school or college). “I wouldn’t be right here if it wasn’t for HBCUs,” Combs wrote on Instagram on Sunday (Aug. 27), together with a video of the hip-hop mogul presenting a $1 million verify to the Jackson State College Improvement Basis in honor of in Jackson, Mississippi.
“It’s my honor and my duty to assist the HBCUs! The work they’re doing is to be counseled! My grandmother raised me to sow my seed in my group and that’s what I’m going to proceed to do!!” he added within the caption to the video taken between the primary and second quarters of Jackson State’s decisive victory on Saturday towards South Carolina State.
Combs, 53, had pledged the donation on the 2022 BET Awards whereas accepting a lifetime achievement award, saying he deliberate to donate $1 million to a different HBCU, Howard College — the place he was a pupil for 2 years earlier than leaving to intern at Uptown Information — in addition to Jackson State; in 2016, Diddy pledged $1 million to his alma mater to determine the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund.
“As somebody who went to Howard College and understands the invaluable expertise of attending traditionally Black faculties and universities, it’s necessary that all of us do our half to guard and protect their legacy,” mentioned Combs of the donation. “This contribution to Jackson State isn’t nearly making a monetary donation, it’s about giving again to part of our tradition that has modified numerous lives and assuring HBCU’s obtain the assist they deserve.”
“This contribution by one of many world’s biggest and most influential entertainers and businessmen is one other historic second within the legendary historical past of Jackson State College,” mentioned JSU’s director of athletics/VP Ashley Robinson. “Past the monetary funding, it’s what it represents that’s paramount – the idea within the worth of our soccer student-athletes each on and off the sphere, which supplies an elite pathway to present and future successes.”
Watch the verify presentation under.
