Topline
A four-part docuseries on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ music empire and his downfall, culminating in his prison sentence for prostitution charges, will premiere Dec. 2 on Netflix, executive produced by rapper and Combs’ longtime rival, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
“Sean Combs: The Reckoning” is executive produced by 50 Cent. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
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Key Facts
Netflix released a synopsis and a brief teaser trailer Tuesday afternoon for “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” confirming all four episodes will begin streaming Dec. 2.
The series will span Combs’ career, including his rise to power as the founder of Bad Boy Records, which spawned artists like The Notorious B.I.G. and Danity Kane, and the dozens of sexual assault lawsuits and criminal convictions that halted his career.
Netflix says the series will feature “explosive, never-before-seen materials, including exclusive interviews with those formerly in Combs’ orbit,” though participants in the documentary are not yet known.
The series is directed by Emmy winner Alex Stapleton, who said the project “isn’t just about the story of Sean Combs or the story of Cassie [Ventura],” Combs’ ex-girlfriend who sued him for sexual assault, stating it is a “mirror [reflecting us] as the public, and what we are saying when we put our celebrities on such a high pedestal.”
Jackson, who had announced his intention to make a documentary on Combs in December 2023, shared a poster for the series to his Instagram on Tuesday, writing in the caption: “They said I was capping, 🤷 what happened?”
Jackson set his Instagram post to his own 2007 song featuring Combs, “I Get Money,” which features the lyrics, “Diddy did it,” and, “My lawyer’s so good that Diddy got acquitted.”
What Was Diddy Convicted Of?
Combs was convicted by a federal jury on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in July after a two-month trial. Prosecutors argued Combs committed these crimes by transporting his ex-girlfriends across state lines for “freak-offs,” or sex performances with male sex workers. Prosecutors also accused Combs of coercing his ex-girlfriends into sex and operating a vast criminal enterprise, but a jury acquitted him on sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which could have landed him in prison for life. Combs was sentenced in October to 50 months in prison, and he is currently scheduled to be released in May 2028, though he is attempting to appeal his convictions and is participating in a prison sobriety program, which could shave some time off his sentence.