Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s documentary about Sean Combs lastly has a launch date.
Netflix introduced Tuesday that it might launch “Sean Combs: The Reckoning,” a four-part docuseries concerning the disgraced mogul directed by Alexandria Stapleton, on Dec. 2. Jackson, who serves as an government producer, first revealed he was engaged on a documentary about Combs and his alleged abuses almost two years in the past.
The synopsis describes the collection as a “staggering examination of the media mogul, music legend, and convicted offender” and touts that it’s going to function “explosive, never-before-seen supplies, together with unique interviews with these previously in [Combs’] orbit,” equivalent to “his former associates, childhood mates, artists, and staff.”
“Born with an insatiable drive for stardom and a knack for recognizing expertise, Combs made a rapid ascent by way of the ranks of the music trade with Dangerous Boy Leisure and was essential in bringing hip-hop to the pop lots and launching the careers of dozens of generation-defining artists like The Infamous B.I.G., Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, and Danity Kane,” reads the synopsis. “However alongside the way in which … one thing darker started to paint his ambitions.”
In July, Combs was discovered responsible on two counts of transportation to have interaction in prostitution after a seven-week federal legal trial in New York. He was cleared of the extra critical prices associated to racketeering and intercourse trafficking. The previous rapper is serving a four-year sentence.
Jackson, who had lengthy feuded with Combs, usually took to social media to troll the Dangerous Boy Leisure founder as the varied allegations towards him mounted and even by way of the legal trial’s aftermath.
However the “In Da Membership” rapper, whose work in TV additionally contains serving as government producer on Starz’s crime thriller “Energy,” informed Netflix’s Tudum that he’s “been dedicated to actual storytelling for years by way of G-Unit Movie and Tv.”
“I’m grateful to everybody who got here ahead and trusted us with their tales, and proud to have Alexandria Stapleton because the director on the challenge to convey this necessary story to the display screen,” he mentioned.
Two different documentaries about Combs have been launched earlier this 12 months: Peacock’s “Diddy: The Making of a Dangerous Boy” and Investigation Discovery’s “The Fall of Diddy.”
