Sean Combs: The Reckoning has earned almost 22 million views in its first week of release.
According to Deadline, the 50 Cent executive-produced docuseries drew 21.8 million views. The documentary was right behind the ultra-popular Stranger Things in the ratings.
Although the doc has been a runaway success, Marlon Wayans is not a fan of the series due to 50 and Diddy’s long-time feud.
You gotta be careful what you put out,” Wayans said in a recent interview. “There’s a karma to every action.”
Wayans went on to say that 50 Cent may have been motivated by a decades-long beef with Diddy to release the documentary.
He also raised questions about whether the project was about accountability—or revenge.
“It’s between him and Puff,” Wayans said. “It’s between both of them and God.”
50 Cent claims that the docuseries was not fueled by a personal agenda against Diddy. But 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.”
A spokesperson for Diddy said the documentary was full of “personal grievances, financial motives, or credibility issues.” A cease-and-desist letter was also sent to Netflix. In response, a Netflix spokesperson described the claims as “false” in a statement of their own.
“The project has no ties to any past conversations between Sean Combs and Netflix,” a spokesperson for the streamer told Complex earlier this month. “The footage of Combs leading up to his indictment and arrest were legally obtained. This is not a hit piece or an act of retribution. Curtis Jackson is an executive producer but does not have creative control. No one was paid to participate.”