Diddy’s group responds after 50 Cent drops controversial Netflix documentary
Diddy’s group have supplied a strong-worded response after 50 Cent’s controversial new documentary in regards to the rapper’s life dropped on Netflix.
50 Cent has had a protracted working disagreement with the ‘I will Be Lacking You’ performer which stretches again to the 2000s, lengthy earlier than the allegations about Combs first got here to gentle.
He was, in fact, arrested in 2024 and underwent a prolonged trial in New York earlier this yr, which finally noticed him discovered responsible on simply two of the 5 expenses that had been introduced in opposition to him.
Diddy was subsequently sentenced to 4 years in jail however the stunning claims that had been dropped at the general public’s consideration in the course of the trial recommend that his music profession is nearly definitely over, even when he’s finally launched.
One man who clearly wasn’t glad with Diddy’s jail sentence was 50 Cent, and his new documentary options some ‘explosive’ footage together with non-public recordings, interviews with jurors and lodge room footage.
Unsurprisingly, Diddy’s group are lower than joyful that Netflix gave a person who they declare has a ‘private vendetta’ in opposition to Diddy the artistic license to make a documentary about his life.
Diddy’s spokesperson Juda Engelmayer mentioned in an announcement: “Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece. Immediately’s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was by no means authorised for launch. As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to inform his personal story, in his personal means. It’s basically unfair, and unlawful, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.
“It’s equally staggering that Netflix handed artistic management to Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson – a longtime adversary with a private vendetta who has spent an excessive amount of time slandering Mr. Combs.”
The assertion additionally advised that it was a ‘private breach of belief’ between Mr Combs and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos.
“For Netflix to offer his life story to somebody who has publicly attacked him for many years looks like an pointless and deeply private affront. At minimal, he anticipated equity from individuals he revered,” the assertion added.
The streaming large has since hit again, saying: “The claims being made about Sean Combs: The Reckoning are false.
“The venture has no ties to any previous conversations between Sean Combs and Netflix. The footage of Combs main as much as his indictment and arrest had been legally obtained.”
“This isn’t a success piece or an act of retribution. Curtis Jackson is an govt producer however doesn’t have artistic management. Nobody was paid to take part.”
In the meantime, 50 Cent had claimed on his social media that he’d acquired an early Christmas reward from Diddy within the wake of the documentary’s launch, however his reps have additionally denied that.
They confirmed that it ‘by no means occurred’ and advised that ‘somebody performed a joke in poor style’.
Sean Combs: The Reckoning is out there to observe on Netflix now.
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