Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has shared his reasons for producing a new docuseries about fellow rapper and mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently in prison after being convicted on prostitution-related charges.
In an interview with ABC News on December 1, 2025, Jackson, noted that the documentary was to throw light on the personality of Diddy himself and to distance the embattled rapper’s personality from the Hip-Hop community.
“There’s no one else being vocal. So, you would look at it and just say … ‘mind your business,’ or ‘lemme not say nothin’ about nothin’,’ or those things that would allow an entire culture to register as if they’re for that behavior,” he said.
The docuseries, titled “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” which was directed by Alexandria Stapleton features never-before-seen footage of Combs, obtained by Netflix, in the days leading up to his arrest in New York City in September 2024.
The docuseries also includes a video clip of Combs debating with his lawyers over the phone about strategy.
“It was very interesting to watch a man who’s known for his brand presence — you know, 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 told Roberts.
A clip from the docuseries, shown in the trailer showed Diddy asking for a hand sanitizer and a bath after greeting fans.
50 Cent said the clip was an example that showed the true character of Diddy.
“He got in the car and said, ‘Ugh, I feel like I need to wash, like, I’m [dirty],’ … it shows you his character. What’s the odds that you would do that in front of a camera? Like, that’s one of the moments where he forgot he was on tape,” Jackson said.
However, the series has faced backlash from the camp of Diddy.
In a statement to ABC News, Diddy’s legal representative claimed the never-before-seen footage was stolen and called the series a “shameful hit piece.”
“Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release. As Netflix and its CEO Ted Sarandos well know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage for decades, since he was 19 years old, to tell his own story, in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, not to mention illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work,” the statement read in part.
“It is also shocking that Netflix gave creative control of this production to Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, a longtime public adversary who has a personal vendetta against Mr. Combs and has made a career of slandering and defaming him,” the statement continued.
However, the series director, Stapleton, refuted the claims, saying in a statement, “It came to us, we obtained the footage legally and have the necessary rights. We moved heaven and earth to keep the filmmaker’s identity confidential.
“One thing about Sean Combs is that he’s always filming himself, and it’s been an obsession throughout the decades. We also reached out to Sean Combs’ legal team for an interview and comment multiple times, but did not hear back.”
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