The institution made the move after the release of a video that appeared to show the rapper assaulting his ex-partner Cassie Ventura Howard University, a historically Black institution in Washington DC, has stripped Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of his honorary degree. The move comes following a string of allegations against the rap mogul in recent months, and means the 2014 degree that was conferred upon him has been rescinded. The claims against Diddy came to a head last November, when R&B singer and ex-partner Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit against the artist on allegations of physical and sexual abuse, all denied by Diddy .
The two settled the lawsuit “to mutual satisfaction” a day after the case was filed . In May, a video was obtained and published by CNN , showing Diddy allegedly attacking Cassie in a hotel . The footage seems to align with the allegations Ventura made in her lawsuit.
He has since apologised for his “inexcusable” behaviour in the video. Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2023. CREDIT: Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs Howard University said on Friday (June 7) that Combs’ “behaviour as captured in a recently released video is so fundamentally incompatible with Howard University’s core values and beliefs that he is deemed no longer worthy to hold the institution’s highest honor”.
The university also confirmed that it would end a scholarship in his name and terminate a 2016 “gift agreement” with the artist. Combs has not respon.
