Jackson State made headlines in current months by losing football coach Deion Sanders to Colorado. Nonetheless, the Tigers have built up in component for that loss—with the help of a new music icon.
Hip-hop great and amusement mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is supplying $1 million to Jackson State’s athletic office, university president Dr. Elayne Hayes-Anthony announced at a monthly meeting of the Mississippi Institutions of Bigger Learning board of trustees on June 15.
“P Diddy, as our learners call him, and as we possibly know him as Sean Combs, has unveiled $1 million bucks to Jackson Condition for athletics,” Hayes-Anthony stated. “And we are extremely, extremely pleased about that. We will be receiving $332,000 by June 23 as a first installment and we get a further installment in 2024 and a further in 2025.”
Combs publicly pledged to donate the income at the 2022 Wager Awards, a very little above 5 months right before Sanders’s departure. Now, Combs has followed via on his guarantee even however Sanders has moved on to a Energy 5 work.
“Before I depart, I want to donate $1 million dollars to Howard College,” Combs explained. “Also, I’m likely to fall a further million dollars on Deion Sanders and Jackson Point out since we must play for us.”
Combs attended Howard, dropping out during his sophomore yr but later obtaining an honorary doctorate in 2014.
