Less than a year after Diddy's son, Justin Combs, committed to play football at UCLA, state taxpayers are calling on the well-heeled freshman to turn over his $54,000 scholarship to students who need it more.
In an interview with CNN, education contributor Dr. Steve Perry defended Combs' merit-based scholarship, saying he earned it fair and square. At the Upstate New York prep school where Combs recently graduated, he maintained a 3.75 GPA while playing cornerback for the football team.
"He's done what he needs to do to be successful and in 'Ameritocracy' we have to accept that no matter who your father is, whether he be rich, poor or absent, that you can in fact be successful on your own merit," Perry said.
There's no denying Diddy can afford to send his son to college. The entertainment mogul was recently named the wealthiest artist in hip hop by Forbes Magazine, so far earning $45 million in 2012.
But he earned his scholarship like everyone else that did just because he comes from money doesn't mean anything, society these days...
and maybe the reason he (Diddy) didn't buy his son's way into school is maybe to show him that he shouldn't rely on him for stuff
Cause he wanted to work for it instead of just have daddy pay for everything, maybe?
**** THAT. He worked to get accepted to the college. He don't need to go for free. There are poor people who NEED the scholarship. If there was one meal left on a table, would you give it to the well-fed fat man or the starving children?
Scholarships were created so that people who can't pay could go to school, not for rich kids to cockblock them.
**** THAT. He worked to get accepted to the college. He don't need to go for free. There are poor people who NEED the scholarship. If there was one meal left on a table, would you give it to the well-fed fat man or the starving children?
Scholarships were created so that people who can't pay could go to school, not for rich kids to cockblock them.
**** THAT. He worked to get accepted to the college. He don't need to go for free. There are poor people who NEED the scholarship. If there was one meal left on a table, would you give it to the well-fed fat man or the starving children?
Scholarships were created so that people who can't pay could go to school, not for rich kids to cockblock them.
No, they weren't. Need-based scholarships were, not scholarships in general.
**** THAT. He worked to get accepted to the college. He don't need to go for free. There are poor people who NEED the scholarship. If there was one meal left on a table, would you give it to the well-fed fat man or the starving children?
Scholarships were created so that people who can't pay could go to school, not for rich kids to cockblock them.
Good for him.
I'VE EVER SEEN. Why would you apply for a scholarship when you don't need too? :duck
I'm really on the fence with this.