50 Cent said that his executive producing Sean Combs: The Reckoning was not fueled by a personal agenda against Diddy.
During an interview with GQ, 50 shared that he was motivated to make the Netflix documentary to take a stand for hip-hop.
“To be honest, just the culture itself,” 50 explained. “If someone’s not saying something, then you would assume that everybody in hip-hop is okay with what’s going on. Because [other rappers] will say, “I ain’t going to say nothing. I’m going to mind my business,” because of a position that [Diddy] held in culture for so long, you understand? So [that] would leave me. Without me saying that I will do it, there’s nobody there.”
50 then spoke about how people came forward to share their accounts of Diddy’s alleged deeds.
“When you’re part of the culture that things will come to you faster than something that’s not,” he said. “Because whoever he’ll be working with, it is usually [someone] in or around the culture, so it surfaced.”
50 revealed that he wrote Diddy’s verse when they collaborated on his “I Get Money” remix.
“I don’t think people understand the relationship. When I first came in contact with him, I was writing for him,” 50 said. “That remix, even the things that he’s saying on the record are things that I wrote for him.”
50 reiterated that Diddy offered to take him shopping, and that changed their relationship.
‘There were blurbs that went out within the culture, like me saying [Puff] wanted to take me shopping. They looked at that as if it was some sort of beef, and it wasn’t. It was just me saying, I felt like that was a test of [Diddy] trying to see if I’m a heterosexual man or some shit. It felt weird,” he said.
Sean Combs: The Reckoning unpacks the shocking allegations that span decades of Diddy’s life. The four-part docuseries interviews with former associates, employees, and those who have filed lawsuits. The series provides a critical look at the rise and subsequent fall of one of hip-hop’s most influential figures. It also includes footage from the days before his 2024 arrest and conviction on charges related to prostitution.