Even those of us who have watched numerous documentaries, read dozens of testimonials and written countless articles about Sean “Diddy” Combs can’t help but widen our eyes when they hear Sean “Diddy” Combs’ revelations. “Sean Combs: The Reckoning”the documentary series … Three chapters were released last Thursday on Netflix. No matter how many horrors are revealed about the behavior of the (great) producer and (bad) rapper, there is still a lot to say.
One of the series’ producers Rapper 50 Cent has always been on bad terms with Diddy. He retaliated (“reckoning” means “settling scores” and I’m sure it’s partly about him) by funding a project that went to great lengths in the kitchen, obtaining photos that only Didi’s most intimate circle had access to, which left the protagonist himself scratching his head. And angry: Their lawyers accused Netflix of using “stolen material.” In the footage, they tried to stop the broadcast. Without success.
One of the “stolen” scenes that must have hurt Diddy, and the first in the documentary to make things clear from the beginning, is the one that records a phone conversation between the musician and one of his lawyers a few days before his arrest due to the multiple charges against him, in which he says: “We should hire someone who has dealt with the dirtiest deals in the media And advertising to work with us. “We’re losing.”
Regarding how she obtained the material, the director said: Alexandria Stapleton He explains: “He came to us and we obtained it legally and we have the necessary rights. We have done our best to keep the director’s identity confidential. What’s special about Sean Combs is that he’s always recording himself, and that’s been an obsession for the past decades. “Diddy documented himself on his way to prison,” says producer 50 Cent along the same lines.
Sean Combs’ empire built on betrayals is showcased in the documentary
From there, a series of testimonies follow from people who were professionally or romantically linked to him, and who, in addition to confirming what Stapleton says about the videos (he recorded assaults on several victims and then showed them to his colleagues on giant screens during their concerts), the blood runs cold with their statements, which do not provide evidence but also leave no doubt that the character is… An unbalanced and dangerous megalomaniac.
Aside from the sexual assault case, Sean Combs: The Reckoning covers other turbulent episodes in his life. Although there is no way – at least not yet – to prove this Involved in the murder of Tupac ShakurThe indicators presented by the documentary could not be clearer.
The same thing happens with the shooting death of Notorious B.I.G.: he can’t be held responsible, but it was clearly his fault because he insisted on having a party in Los Angeles (enemy territory after his confrontation with Tupac) just for the sake of provocation. But he fully explains that the years in which he committed most of his crimes should have been spent behind bars.
Sean Combs “Madrid Arena”
On December 28, 1991, he and hip-hop star Heavy D organized the concert Charity basketball game Against AIDS at the City College of New York, where famous personalities such as Run-DMC, Boyz II Men and others were expected to participate.
News of the event spread quickly, a crowd of people gathered near the venue and the organization decided to open the doors to everyone. The capacity of 2,730 people exceeded 5,000 people. They tried to get to the game, and at one point, a group of rappers forced their way in and broke some glass, which led to It caused a stampede that left nine dead About thirty were wounded.
The documentary reveals that Diddy has escaped countless convictions for all types of crimes
Despite being directly responsible for what happened, Diddy escaped from prison and, according to the New York Times, paid about $750,000 out of a total of $3.8 million to settle claims brought by relatives of the victims. Once this reputational crisis was overcome, he was able to build the empire that made him president, largely through betrayals and subterfuge. One of the most powerful men in New York (Actually he was given the key to the city), which is also one of the scariest things.
The documentary explains how Didi was miraculously acquitted in countless trials of his various crimes, and in the final trial was sentenced to just 50 months in prison for “conveying for the purposes of facilitating prostitution.” But this story is not over yet: The rapper has more than seventy open cases Against him. Perhaps in one of them, perhaps the most ridiculous and unexpected, as happened with Al Capone, he does justice to such a miserable character.