Following the December 2 release of the docuseries on embattled music executive Sean “Diddy” Combs on Netflix, there have largely been divergent views about the project, particularly because it was produced by his longtime rival, 50 Cent.
As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, the four-part documentary, titled Sean Combs: The Reckoning, lays 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 Netflix.
The recent person to weigh in on the project is veteran comedian and actor Marlon Wayans. Per Rolling Out, Wayans, 53, touched on the docuseries during an interview on Real 92.3 FM and warned 50 Cent about the possible consequences of his actions.
“You gotta be careful what you put out,” Wayans said, “There’s a karma to every action.”
The Scary Movie star also stated that 50 Cent’s actions were personal, adding that he did not produce the docuseries solely on the grounds of journalism.
“It’s between him and Puff,” Wayans said. “It’s between both of them and God.”
50 Cent and Combs have been at odds for many years, and the former has previously taken to social media to repeatedly troll the Bad Boy Records founder after he was arrested and later convicted of prostitution-related charges.
In a previous interview with The Hollywood Reporter, 50 Cent, born Curtis James Jackson III, touched on Combs’ current predicaments and also explained why he never attended any of the music executive’s parties.
“I’ve been very vocal about not going to Puffy [Diddy] parties and doing sh*t like that,” the In Da Club rapper stated. “I’ve been staying out of that sh*t for years. It’s just an uncomfortable energy connected to it.”
The 50-year-old rapper cum television producer also spoke about the apology Combs’ rendered on social media after CNN shared a video of him assaulting Cassie at a hotel in 2016. “First, he denied that it even happened, and then the tape comes out — so that means everything that n—a says is a lie,” 50 Cent claimed.
“When someone watches that, if they have a daughter and they can imagine her being under those circumstances, that sh*t is crazy. Like, they let him get away with it. With all the influence and power you have, the person you’re with is supposed to want to be a part of your life, not be forced.”
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Elsewhere in the interview, 50 Cent, who used to help ghostwrite some songs for Combs, expatiated on why he never attended the convicted music executive’s parties. “He asked to take me shopping. I thought that was the weirdest sh*t in the world because that might be something that a man says to a woman” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
“And I’m just like, ‘Naw, I’m not f**k**g with this weird energy or weird sh*t,’ coming off the way he was just moving. From that, I wasn’t comfortable around him.”
50 Cent was also asked to clarify if he and Combs were ever friends during their collaborative period. “It was mostly work. I wouldn’t call it a friendship because there wouldn’t be disappointment between us if we didn’t speak to each other,” he explained.
“Puff [Diddy] is a businessperson; when [people call him] a producer, I see people that were taken advantage of, who produced things that he took from them. He got the credit. He’s not a producer,” he also said. “He’s been able to take advantage of the business and the creatives in it. I don’t have any interest in doing that. I actually fall under the creative. So I just didn’t take to hanging out with that.”
Though 50 Cent has publicly made his feelings known about the allegations brought against Combs, other celebrities and entertainers who know the 56-year-old have remained mum.
When he was asked the reason behind that, he said, “Some of them were involved, at the parties and enjoyed themselves, so they don’t know what the f*ck is on tape or what’s not on tape, so they’re not going to say anything because they might have had too much fun.”
He added: “And then you’ve got other people who look and go, ‘Well, that’s not my business and I don’t want to be in it.’ Then you’ve got a part of our culture that says, ‘That’s snitching’ or ‘dry snitching’ or sh*t like that.
“It’s not uncomfortable for me to say what I said because I’ve been saying this sh*t for four years, five years. I been telling you, ‘I don’t f*ck with him. I don’t like the way he moving. This is a little crazy.’ Everybody else is not going to be as comfortable as I am saying it.”
Prior to the release of the docuseries, 50 Cent, in an interview with Gayle King for Good Morning America also claimed that his documentary about Combs’ downfall wasn’t “personal.” The 50-year-old made those comments when he was asked about the backlash that came his way for producing the project. The backlash largely stemmed from his feud with Combs.
“What they considering a preexisting beef, for twenty years… [It’s] me being uncomfortable with him suggesting that he takes me shopping,” 50 explained. “It was like a tester. Like, ‘Maybe you’ll come play with me.’ And… It’s not personal.”
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