Editing Sean Combs (section)

===Charity work and honors===
[[File:Sean Diddy Combs Hollywood Star.jpg|thumb|Combs's star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]]]
Combs founded Daddy's House Social Programs, an organization to help [[Inner city|inner-city]] youth, in 1995. Programs include tutoring, life skills classes, and an annual summer camp. Along with Jay-Z, he pledged $1&nbsp;million to help support victims of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, and donated clothing from his Sean John line to victims. He has donated computers and books to New York schools.{{sfn|Traugh|2010|p=88}}

In 1998, he received a Golden Plate Award from the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Plate Awardees listed by year |url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/all-honorees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221003453/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/all-honorees/ |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |access-date=December 10, 2020 |website=www.achievement.org |publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]}}</ref> Chicago Mayor [[Richard M. Daley]] named October 13, 2006, as "Diddy Day" in honor of Combs's charity work.{{sfn|Jones|2014|p=94}} In 2008, Combs was honored with a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]],<ref name="Today MSNBC May 2008" /> the first male rapper to be so honored.<ref name="Aniftos 2020">{{Cite magazine |last=Aniftos |first=Rania |date=February 5, 2020 |title=From 50 Cent to Diddy, Here Are 9 Rappers With Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8550263/rappers-with-stars-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326135133/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8550263/rappers-with-stars-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |access-date=February 8, 2021 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
[[File:Sean Combs 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Combs in May 2008]]
In 2014, Combs received an [[honorary doctorate]] in Humanities from [[Howard University]], where he gave the [[commencement speech]] for its 146th commencement ceremony. In his speech, Combs acknowledged that his experiences as a Howard student positively influenced his life.<ref name="Aratani 2014" /> In 2016, Combs donated $1&nbsp;million to Howard University to establish the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund to help students who are unable to pay their tuition.<ref name="AutoRQ-24" /><ref name="AutoRQ-5" /> On June 7, 2024, Howard University announced that it was revoking Combs's honorary doctorate. They also returned his $1&nbsp;million donation and terminated his pledge agreement.<ref name="howardrevoked">{{cite news |last1=Frehse |first1=Rob |last2=Respers |first2=Lisa |last3=Campbell |first3=Josh |last4=Wagmeister |first4=Elizabeth |title=Howard University revokes Sean Combs' honorary degree and terminates $2 million gift and pledge agreement |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/entertainment/sean-diddy-combs-howard-university/index.html |access-date=June 8, 2024 |work=CNN |date=June 7, 2024}}</ref>

In 2022, Combs announced during his [[BET Awards 2022|BET Lifetime Achievement Award]] acceptance speech that he will be donating $1&nbsp;million each to Howard University and [[Jackson State University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Josh |date=June 27, 2022 |title=In speech, P. Diddy pledges $1 million each to Jackson State, Howard University |url=https://www.wlbt.com/2022/06/27/speech-p-diddy-pledges-1-million-each-jackson-state-howard-university/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627123101/https://www.wlbt.com/2022/06/27/speech-p-diddy-pledges-1-million-each-jackson-state-howard-university/ |archive-date=June 27, 2022 |access-date=June 27, 2022 |publisher=WLBT TV}}</ref>