Convicted and embattled music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs has registered his displeasure with Netflix and 50 Cent over a docuseries about him. 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis James Jackson III, produced the documentary.
The four-part documentary, according to Netflix, will “lay out the story of a powerful, enterprising man and the gilded empire he built — as well as the underworld that lay just beneath its surface.”
Per TMZ, Combs’ spokesperson, Juda Engelmayer, stated that “Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece” and “confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release.”
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The statement from Combs came after 50 Cent appeared on Good Morning America on Monday to promote the series. The Get Rich or Die Tryin’ rapper also shared footages of Combs that had never been seen before on the news outlet. Combs is said to have recorded that footage before he was arrested in September 2024.
And though Diddy condemned the docuseries, 50 Cent suggested that Combs would view the project as “amazing” and “the best documentary I’ve seen in a long time” – notwithstanding certain scenes that Combs may have issues with.
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Engelmayer also accused Netflix and its CEO Ted Sarandos of throwing Combs under the rug by misrepresenting footage he had documented from when he was 19 years old. Engelmayer explained that the obtained footage was chanelled toward Combs telling his “own story, in his own way.”
Engelmayer added: “Netflix is plainly desperate to sensationalize every minute of Mr. Combs’s life, without regard for truth, in order to capitalize on a never-ending media frenzy.”
“If Netflix cared about truth or about Mr. Combs’s legal rights, it would not be ripping private footage out of context — including conversations with his lawyers that were never intended for public viewing. No rights in that material were ever transferred to Netflix or any third party.”
50 Cent has on many occasions trolled Combs after the federal sex trafficking case was brought against him. He has also continued with the trolling after his conviction.
“It is equally staggering that Netflix handed creative control to Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson — a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs,” Engelmayer also said.
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