Shyne has launched a model new scholarship within the hopes that he can ship a Belizean scholar to review in America — and it’s named after his former label boss Diddy.
On Wednesday (November 9), the rapper turned politician took to Instagram to announce the Sean Diddy Combs Scholarship.
“I’m extraordinarily blissful to announce the SEAN DIDDY COMBS BELIZE FULL SCHOLARSHIP to HOWARD UNIVERSITY!” Shyne captioned a flyer selling the scholarship. “Making certain entry to training for these younger people who find themselves financially challenged is the one manner Belize will ever understand her full potential.”
He then went on to elucidate the concept behind the scholarship and why it’s named after Diddy.
“Schooling has at all times been extraordinarily vital to my expensive brother @diddy and I thus in that vein I requested Diddy to make Belize part of his philanthropic help for his alma mater Howard College in order that at the least one Belizean Scholar can get the good thing about attending one of many United States most prestigious HBC Universities,” he wrote. “I thank Diddy for at all times supporting my efforts to assist Belize in each manner doable.”
See what it’s essential to do to have the ability to qualify for the scholarship beneath:
Shyne and Diddy have had a protracted and complex relationship that dates again to the late ’90s, however the pair have since put their variations to at least one facet and made amends.
In 1999, Shyne, Diddy and his then-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez attended a Manhattan nightclub the place a taking pictures passed off. Shyne, simply 20 on the time, was compelled to make the rash resolution to both defend himself and his buddies or danger getting shot by alleged instigator Matthew “Scar” Allen. So, he pulled the set off.
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Whereas nobody was killed, three folks have been injured, and Shyne was in the end charged with tried homicide, assault and reckless endangerment. However Diddy, who was additionally arrested that evening, was acquitted of all costs and their friendship was by no means the identical. The truth is, Shyne severed all ties with Diddy and Dangerous Boy Information.
For practically 10 years, Shyne sat behind the bars of Clinton Correctional Facility. In 2009, he was launched from jail and into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. He was then despatched again to Belize the place he continued preventing for U.S. citizenship.
Shyne (who modified his identify to Moses Michael Levi Barrow in 2006) was elected to the Belizean Home of Representatives on the 2020 basic election, which Diddy endorsed him for. Shyne grew to become Chief of the Opposition in 2022.
Almost 10 years after being deported to his house nation of Belize, Shyne was welcomed again to the US in 2021 — and Diddy performed a job in that too.
In June this 12 months, Shyne joined Diddy — amongst plenty of different buddies and former Dangerous Boy artists — on the 2022 BET Awards as a particular visitor performer as his former boss was honored with the BET Lifetime Achievement Award.
