Diddy ‘s Harlem charter school is reportedly plagued with violence and dysfunction with students reportedly being forced to sit inside the cafeteria for hours due to a lack of teachers.
Diddy, born Sean Combs, co-founded Capital Preparatory Harlem in 2016, the same year Forbes named him the richest man in Hip-Hop. Nearly a decade later, The Cut reports that Diddy’s Harlem charter school, which is advertised as an elite college-prep academy with high-end facilities, has been mired in dysfunction and violence.
To note: Diddy’s charter school, which is located in East Harlem, one of New York City’s poorest neighborhoods, serves nearly 500 students in grades six through twelve, the majority of whom are Black and low-income. The school, backed by Diddy and Steve Perry — a charter school founder whose reputation was built on uplifting poor kids of color, was supposed to be a beacon of light in the city’s education system.