Puffy, Puff Daddy, Sean John, P.Diddy, Diddy and countless other alias does not measure up to the highest name of all…Doctor!
That’s the honorary title (an honorary degree in humanities) was bestowed upon Sean Combs earlier today when he gave the commencement speech to the graduating class of 2014 at Howard University. “Ain’t no homecoming like a Howard homecoming,” Combs announced during his speech at Howard University according to Billboard, where he received a standing ovation and “Diddy” chants from the Class of 2014. “And it feels so good to be home.”
“Howard University didn’t just change my life — it entered my soul, my heart, my being and my spirit,” said Combs, a former business major at Howard who left after two years in 1990. “Nobody is going to invite you to the front of the line, you got to push your way to the front of the line.”
“We are honored to have Mr. Combs serve as our speaker,” interim Howard President Wayne Frederick said in a statement before the event. “He sat in classrooms where our students sit, walked ‘The Yard,’ and like many students, his entrepreneurial spirit was sparked at Howard.”
Congrats to someone I admire for their business attributes and contributions to pop culture.
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