Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s outsized beef along with his rap recreation rival is leaping to streaming big Netflix, who has gained a bidding warfare, in response to Jackson, for a docuseries his firm produced on beleaguered rapper-mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Netflix’s obvious triumph within the battle for the sequence, which was produced by Jackson’s G-Unit Movie and Manufacturing Studios, was introduced on Jackson’s Instagram account in a Tuesday evening put up captioned by the “In Da Membership” rapper.
“okay guys we’re all making good tv mines simply occurs to be the very best!” he wrote, partially, alongside a break up picture of him and Diddy. “NETFLIX wins the bidding warfare but when extra victims preserve popping out … I’m gonna want extra episodes.” [sic]
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Netflix to verify the sequence, in addition to reps for 50 Cent.
TMZ was first to report that the docuseries will look into allegations leveled towards Diddy, a lot of which stem from producer Ronnie “Lil Rod” Jones’ explosive lawsuit accusing Diddy in November of sexual abuse, rape and intercourse trafficking. TMZ indicated that the multi-part docuseries will hit the streamer quickly.
The Lil Rod authorized submitting got here simply weeks after Diddy settled one case for an undisclosed sum along with his ex-partner, the recording artist Cassie. The 2 events settled simply at some point after she filed her lawsuit accusing Combs of rape and ongoing bodily abuse — the latter of which was on clear show in a harrowing video from 2016 that CNN acquired and launched Friday; in it, Combs assaults Cassie in a Los Angeles resort hallway, kicking and shoving her, and dragging her by her sweatshirt, earlier than throwing an object at her. The Los Angeles District Legal professional’s workplace mentioned in an announcement that they have been conscious of the video however unable to cost dude to the statute of limitations for a criminal offense of assault.
In a subsequent apology video, Diddy referred to that point interval as “the darkest occasions” in his life. “I used to be fucked up — I hit all-time low — however I make no excuses,” he mentioned. “My conduct on that video is inexcusable.”
On Wednesday, as information of Netflix’s obvious newest acquisition unfold, Combs was hit with a contemporary sexual assault go well with. In response to the criticism, filed in New York and obtained by and reported on by NBC Information, this case comes from an ex-model claiming Combs drugged and sexually assaulted her throughout Vogue Week in 2003 after assembly him at Cipriani downtown. Crystal McKinney claims within the go well with that she was drugged with a laced blunt, at which level Combs pressured oral intercourse on her after she refused his advances.
Comparable situations are detailed in Lil Rod’s go well with, which was filed in November.
Jackson had teased the docuseries challenge on X (previously Twitter) after the criticism was filed seven months in the past, tweeting a video whereby Mark Curry, then a rapper signed to Diddy-led Unhealthy Boy Information, discusses partying with Combs as he would spike bottles of champagne with “one thing to make the ladies actual, actual slippery.” Background music in Jackson’s clip — Rick Ross’ “U.O.E.N.O.” — options unsubtle lyrics about surreptitiously drugging champagne meant for girls in nightclubs.
Jones’ go well with additionally alleges that Diddy had employed Jackson’s ex and mom of his youngster, Daphne Pleasure, as a intercourse employee (although no proof of that is offered in Jones’ submitting; Pleasure has denied the claims). Consequently, Jackson is at the moment suing Pleasure (actual title Daphne Pleasure Narvaez) for defamation following her public accusation in March that he raped her whereas the 2 have been in a relationship greater than a decade in the past. (Jackson has denied the declare.)
Jackson and Combs’ beef goes again to 2006 when 50 Cent was comparatively contemporary on the rap scene and Diddy was almost a decade into his music profession. On his monitor “The Bomb,” Jackson indicated that Combs knew the id of Infamous B.I.G.’s killer; Combs was current with the late rapper when he was gunned down in a drive-by taking pictures in 1997 after a short however sensible profession. Jackson has accused Combs of profiting off of B.I.G.’s loss of life by his music and has recommended the “I’ll Be Lacking You” singer was concerned within the loss of life of B.I.G.’s rival Tupac Shakur, who was shot lifeless in Las Vegas in 1996.
Through the years, Jackson has beefed with Combs, questioning his sexuality and, in 2015, over their competing vodka manufacturers. The continued feud ramped up when Lil Rod’s lawsuit was filed.
Combs has additionally denied the entire claims made towards him in Lil Rod’s go well with and 4 of the lawsuits alleging sexual assault and misconduct, a few of which have been filed below the New York Grownup Survivors Act‘s one-year window for grownup victims to file a fits towards alleged abusers.