Some Howard University Students Upset Diddy Delivering Commencement Speech

This week, Howard University announced that entertainer, entrepreneur and music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs would deliver Howard University’s commencement speech in Washington, DC. The school also announced that Combs would be among five people who will receive honorary degrees as trailblazers in their fields. Combs was a Howard student in the late 1980s, but dropped out to pursue his career in music. He will receive an honorary doctorate in the humanities.

After learning of the news, Diddy posted the following message on Instagram:

For one of the first times in my life I am truly speechless. There are no words to describe the feeling I had