Howard University has revoked the honorary degree conferred on embattled American rapper and music executive, Sean Combs, aka Diddy. The university decided on a unanimous vote by its Board of Trustees. The decision is against the backdrop of multiple sexual assault charges against Diddy and the emergence of a video showing the rapper assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Cassie, in a hotel, behaviour that the university deemed fundamentally incompatible with its core values. “The Howard University Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to accept the return by Mr. Sean Combs of the honorary degree c…