Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has launched a fierce attack on 50 Cent’s new Netflix docuseries, dismissing the production as “illegal,” “unequivocally false,” and a calculated attempt to damage his reputation ahead of the series’ global release on 2 December.
The four-part documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, produced by 50 Cent’s G-Unit Film & Television, revisits the extensive allegations levelled against Combs over the past decade — including sexual assault and abuse claims — which have culminated in more than 100 civil suits and a federal probe. The investigation ultimately led to Combs’s imprisonment at Fort Dix, where he is serving a four-year sentence.
In a strongly worded statement released through a spokesperson and shared with The Hollywood Reporter, Combs accused Netflix of using stolen material and enabling a long-standing rival to control his personal narrative.
“Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece,” the statement read. “Today’s teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage never authorised for release. Mr Combs has been filming his life since he was 19 to tell his own story in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair — and illegal — for Netflix to misappropriate that work.”
The statement went further, accusing Netflix of handing “creative control” to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, whom Combs described as a “longtime adversary with a personal vendetta.”
“Beyond the legal issues, this is a deeply personal breach of trust. Mr Combs has long respected Ted Sarandos and admired the legacy of Clarence Avant. For Netflix to give his life story to someone who has publicly attacked him for decades feels like an unnecessary and personal affront,” the spokesperson added.
50 Cent, appearing earlier on Good Morning America, rejected claims that the project was driven by personal animosity. He argued that Combs’s controversies have cast a shadow over the Hip-Hop community and that silence from the industry risked normalising the allegations.
“If I didn’t say anything, you would interpret it as Hip-Hop being fine with his behaviours,” 50 Cent said. “There’s no one else being vocal. Staying quiet would make it look like the entire culture is endorsing it.”
Sean Combs: The Reckoning premieres on Netflix on Monday, with public reaction expected to intensify the already heated feud between two of Hip-Hop’s most enduring rivals.
Source: AllHipHop
