50 Cent and Sean Diddy Combs
American actor and rapper 50 Cent has revealed that his role as an executive producer on the Diddy documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, is professional and nothing personal.
In an interview with Gayle King for Good Morning America, 50 Cent made these remarks, adding that he finds no reason to start a feud.
Joined by Alexandria Stapleton, director of the four-part Netflix documentary, 50 Cent was asked if anything about the finished product “surprised” him.
“It was surprising that he actually filmed it,” said 50 Cent after a video was shown of Diddy talking with his lawyers about the abuse allegations he faced.
“It was very interesting to watch a man who’s known for his brand… He has a really amazing knack for marketing and all of that, and how he was sort of taking that into account in how he was coming off to the public,” Stapleton added.
In another preview of the interview, Diddy is seen connecting with the community in Harlem and then later requesting some hand sanitizer due to the fact that he had “been in the streets among the people.”
Also, he stated that he felt he needed to “take a bath” because he grew close with some people.
“That shows you his character,” 50 said. “What’s the odds you would do that in front of a camera? That’s one of the moments where he forgot he was on tape.”
50 Cent was then asked about the feeling he gets when people criticise his involvement with the documentary because of his issues with Diddy.
“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.”
Stapleton added that the documentary is not mainly told through the perspectives of people who don’t like Diddy, and it’s not only about “the salacious details” of his personal life.
“The real goal was to storytell,” she said. “Not everyone needed to have an allegation to be a part of this project.”
The American rapper and movie producer also revealed that he believes what Cassie alleged against Diddy in her lawsuit, which kicked off a wave of similar allegations and ultimately led up to the disgraced Bad Boy Records founder’s arrest, a Complex report confirms.
“I feel like Cassie’s a victim in all of this,” said 50 Cent. “She came in… [She was] like 18, 19 years old, in the very beginning. Over time, [she was] conditioned for it.”
Towards the interview’s end, King asked 50 Cent if he felt that hip-hop as a culture was also on trial. “If I didn’t say anything, you would interpret it as hip-hop is fine with his behavior,” he said. “There’s no one else being vocal.”
Asked about how he thinks Diddy will feel about the documentary when he gets a chance to see it, he smiled, “Like, ‘Wow, this is amazing.’ I think he’s going to say, ‘This is the best documentary I’ve seen in a long time.’ … He may feel different about pieces and bits of it, but he knows the truth. I think he’ll see the truth in it.”
