section_path: Personal life/Charity work and honors
section_name: Charity work and honors
paragraph_text: Charity work and honors
  
  In 1995, Combs founded Daddy's House Social Programs, an organization to help inner-city youth. Programs include tutoring, life skills classes, and an annual summer camp. Along with Jay-Z, he pledged $1 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.
  
  In 1998, Combs received a Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley named October 13, 2006, "Diddy Day" in honor of Combs's charity work. In 2008, Combs was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first male rapper to be so honored.
  
  In 2014, Combs received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Howard University and gave the commencement speech for its 146th commencement ceremony. In his speech, Combs said his experiences as a Howard student positively influenced his life. In 2016, Combs donated $1 million to Howard University to establish the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund to help students who are unable to pay their tuition. On June 7, 2024, Howard University announced that it was revoking Combs's honorary doctorate. It also returned his $1 million donation and terminated his pledge agreement.
  
  In 2022, Combs announced during his BET Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech that he would donate $1 million each to Howard University and Jackson State University.
  
  In 1995, Combs founded Daddy's House Social Programs, an organization to help inner-city youth. Programs include tutoring, life skills classes, and an annual summer camp. Along with Jay-Z, he pledged $1 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.
  
  In 1998, Combs received a Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley named October 13, 2006, "Diddy Day" in honor of Combs's charity work. In 2008, Combs was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first male rapper to be so honored.
  
  In 2014, Combs received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Howard University and gave the commencement speech for its 146th commencement ceremony. In his speech, Combs said his experiences as a Howard student positively influenced his life. In 2016, Combs donated $1 million to Howard University to establish the Sean Combs Scholarship Fund to help students who are unable to pay their tuition. On June 7, 2024, Howard University announced that it was revoking Combs's honorary doctorate. It also returned his $1 million donation and terminated his pledge agreement.
  
  In 2022, Combs announced during his BET Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech that he would donate $1 million each to Howard University and Jackson State University.