From hit songs to hit documentaries?
The documentary series ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning’, produced by rival rapper Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson, premiered on Netflix yesterday (2) and is already causing controversy.
The streaming giant was forced to defend its new documentary about disgraced rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, insisting it is “not a hit piece or an act of retaliation.”
NME reported:
“It comes after the rapper’s lawyers sent the streamer a cease and desist order before it aired, claiming that 50 Cent’s new docuseries about the disgraced artist uses ‘stolen’ footage.
The four-part show, titled Sean Combs: The Reckoning, was released on Netflix yesterday (December 2). It was first reported that 50 Cent – real name Curtis Jackson – was working on the documentary in 2023. He serves as executive producer on the project, which was directed by Alex Stapleton.
Deadline reports that Diddy calls his new documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, an “embarrassing hit” and has accused them of airing “unauthorized” and “stolen” footage, demanding that the film be withdrawn.
He also emphasizes that Netflix should never have been in business… pic.twitter.com/gxciF4oybU
— Akademiks TV (@AkademiksTV) December 3, 2025
Diddy’s team accused Netflix of using “stolen footage that should never be released.”
The docuseries has also been called an ’embarrassing hit piece’.
Combs is said to have filmed himself for a future documentary.
“‘Sean has been making his own documentary since he was 19 years old. This footage was commissioned as part of that’, [Diddy spokesman] said in an email to CNN.
He claimed that the footage in the Netflix trailer, which was filmed six days before Combs’ arrest in September 2024, was intended for that long-term project.
Footage from 50 Cent’s documentary shows Diddy on the phone just six days before his arrest, saying, “We need to find someone who will work with us and who has worked the dirtiest cases. We are losing.”
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— Ahmed/De Oren/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) December 1, 2025
Ayo… this new Diddy documentary on Netflix is WILD 😳
The amount of malicious accusations Diddy gets thrown his way is insane. One guy at the doctor’s even claims that Diddy pretended to cover Biggie’s funeral expenses… then saw the price and brought it back to Biggie, causing… pic.twitter.com/nf49hSo2Ti
— Cousin Tino™️ (@TINOISFUNNY) December 2, 2025
Netflix commented:
“The claims about Sean Combs: The Reckoning are false. The project has no ties to previous conversations between Sean Combs and Netflix. The footage of Combs prior to his indictment and arrest was obtained legally. This is not a hit or an act of retaliation.”
Curtis Jackson is executive producer but has no creative control. No one was paid to participate.”
What a feud, I put two of his kids in my scripted TV shows. I just didn’t like him saying fruity things to me. 🤨and he said fruity shit to me, I don’t like that! LOL @50CentAction247 DEC 2 Netflix • https://t.co/WtNREs3AKy pic.twitter.com/etuuSM2Fo6
— 50cent (@50cent) December 1, 2025
Read more:
WATCH: Netflix Releases Trailer for 50 Cent’s Documentary Premiering Today, ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning,’ Including Never-Before-Seen Footage of Diddy Days Before His Arrest
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