Puff Daddy has released a statement about the charter school he founded in Harlem, New York.
“Creating this school is a dream come true for me,” Sean “Diddy” Combs says in a press release. “I want to impact the lives of young people in my community, and build future leaders. The first step is offering access to a quality education. Every young person should have the tools they need to succeed. All our children should be able to pursue their dreams. That is something I can impact with this school.”
(The original post in this thread was published earlier today [March 28, 2016]. It is as follows.)
Never one to shy away from a new challenge, particularly of the business kind, Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs has today unveiled his latest career venture.
The Bad Boy Records CEO, whose other endeavors include acting, a clothing line and being the face of CÎROC vodka, has founded a charter school in his home neighborhood of Harlem, New York City, according to The Associated Press.
It was announced today (March 28) that the Capital Preparatory Harlem Charter School will open in the fall and will be overseen by Dr. Steve Perry, the founder of the Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut.
The Associated Press reports that Danita Jones, a Florida-based educator, has been hired as the principal of Capital Preparatory Harlem.
Puff Daddy says that creating the school is a “dream come true.”
Shortly after news of the school’s launch was first reported, Dr. Steve Perry took to Twitter to reveal more details about the project.
“I’m pleased to announce that @iamdiddy & I are opening a school in Harlem. We’ve been working together for the past 6 years & it’s here,” Perry wrote before continuing in another tweet. “I’ve been blown away by how committed @iamdiddy has been to the cause of education & honored that he chose to work w the Capital Prep team.”
Perry also revealed that speaker and television personality Iyanla Vanzant played “a huge role” in the school’s opening.
Dr. Steve Perry’s tweets can be viewed below:
For additional Puff Daddy coverage, watch the following DX Daily:
i hope he dont make the kids walk 29 blocks to get him some cheese cake
This is great. I hope the school is a success.
PUFFY IS THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE
you need a real life posting as another human being on a internet forum. hope you got a steady job instead of staying in your mom’s basement using up all of her internet data.
good
doing good deeds like these trying to remind people what a good person he is and trying to make people forget he paid the southside crips to kill tupac.
yes tht is sum wht true but dont worry it happened..whup i mean it will happen lol so tragic piece!
h t t p s : / / e n . w i k i p e d i a . o r g / w i k i / C h a r t e r _ s c h o o l
A charter school is a U.S. and Canadian term for a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established public school system = the tax payers are paying for the damage of their own standards, bet he learned that in church
tell your beautiful aunt its gonna be ok, ok
i have only ugly aunties mf
‘Dr.’ Steve Perry is a sham. Harlem will find out as Hartford did. He has questionable educational credentials and very little respect back in Hartford where he began his edu-tainment.
same man who got pac killed and same man whos responsible for the murder of biggie(in my eyes) but yet positive vibes only?…man i swear this world we live in…theres a flipside to it all…Dec-25-2021…jus wait on it you will see
yall internet foolys dont tell nobody we was here lol jus blessing yall dont even know it..trump goin b president…jay z bout to take a HUGE fall lol 2017…oh yeah durk aint make it back thats all im gonna say piece!
HipHopDX take that add about Puffy paying $1mill for Tupac’s murder off this post…you could post it anywhere on this site but you put it on a postitive post??? This site is an important part of the culture . Don’t do shit like that
church n… aint no hiphop and have nothing to do with `our´ culture, these backpackers are everything that is wrong with hiphop nowadays, they r the enemy inside, how could someone whos promoting alcohol ever be a good teacher for children
I was just about to say the same thing. How disrespectful is that! SMH
He went to college that shows these kids..II come from where your from .I went to school, an entertainer , manager and enterpanuer…self made millionaire.
real niggas are born educated they don’t need no school
Lolz, y’al niggaz ar broke talkin bullshit………. Get ur weight on loose tha h8te nd remember males shouldn’t be jealous coz that’s females trait. More so,niggaz wit no money always tryna act lik money aint everything .
Fuck this dude. Let’s see him comment on Orlando Baby Lane Anderson, Kefe D, Dre, T. Brown and the South Side Compton Crips!