ATLANTA, GEORGIA – AUGUST 26: Sean “Diddy” Combs attends Day 1 of 2023 Invest Fest at Georgia World Congress Center on August 26, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
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“Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s docuseries on Sean “Diddy” Combs, is new on Netflix this week.
Combs was convicted on two counts of prostitution in early October and was sentenced to four years in prison.
The official summary for Sean Combs: The Reckoning from Netflix reads, “Diddy. Puff Daddy. Love. The public knows the hip-hop icon by many names — but who is the real Sean Combs? In a new four-part documentary by Emmy and Grammy Award–winning executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Emmy Award-winning director Alexandria Stapleton, Sean Combs: The Reckoning is a staggering examination of the media mogul, music legend, and convicted offender.
“Born with an insatiable drive for stardom and a knack for spotting talent, Combs made a quick ascent through the ranks of the music industry with Bad Boy Entertainment and was crucial in bringing hip-hop to the pop masses and launching the careers of dozens of generation-defining artists like The Notorious B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, and Danity Kane. But along the way, and as detailed by his former associates, childhood friends, artists, and employees, something darker began to color his ambitions.
“Through explosive, never-before-seen materials (including footage from the days leading up to Combs’s indictment and arrest, and exclusive interviews with those formerly in his orbit), this documentary tells the story of a powerful, enterprising man and the gilded empire he built — and the underworld that lay just beneath its surface.”
Like most Netflix TV series releases, all four episodes of Sean Combs: The Reckoning will be released at the same time. As such, the entirety of ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning will begin streaming on Netflix on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT.
For viewers who don’t subscribe to Netflix, the platform offers an ad-based package for $7.99 per month for viewing on two supported devices, an ad-free package for $17.99 per month for two supported devices and an ad-free package for $24.99 per month for four supported devices with 4K Ultra HD programming.
Sean Combs’ Representative Is Slamming The Release Of The Docuseries
Sean Combs’ representatives issued a statement that ripped the release of the docuseries on Monday. At the beginning of the statement (via The Hollywood Reporter) Combs’ representative Juda Engelmayer states, “Netflix’s so-called ‘documentary’ is a shameful hit piece. Today’s GMA teaser confirms that Netflix relied on stolen footage that was never authorized for release. As Netflix and CEO Ted Sarandos know, Mr. Combs has been amassing footage since he was 19 to tell his own story, in his own way. It is fundamentally unfair, and illegal, for Netflix to misappropriate that work.”
When Variety contacted Netflix for a response to Englemayer’s statement about the footage, the industry trade publication was directed to a previous quote from the docuseries director, Alexandria Stapleton, that reads, “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.”
In Engelmayer’s statement, which can be read in full in the X post below, the PR rep also states, “It is equally staggering that Netflix handed creative control to Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson – a longtime adversary with a personal vendetta who has spent too much time slandering Mr. Combs.”
Sean Combs: The Reckoning begins streaming on Netflix on Tuesday at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT.