Topics: 50 Cent, Tupac Shakur, Crime, Netflix, US News, Diddy, Film and TV
50 Cent is continuing to point fingers at P. Diddy, accusing the disgraced rapper of allegedly having Tupac Shakur killed.
The notorious drive-by shooting of legendary 25-year-old artist Tupac has stumped cops for almost three decades, with the crime taking place at a time when rival gang turf wars and a street code against 'snitches' were the norm.
The killing went on to trigger a possible revenge as Pac's supposed rival, New York's Notorious B.I.G, was also gunned down in California six months later.
As Duane Keith 'Keffe D' Davis, a former Compton gang leader, stands accused of the 1996 assassination of Shakur and is awaiting trial scheduled in August next year, Fifty has dropped a bombshell docuseries that drags Diddy into the complex web.
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While the music mogul is currently serving a four-year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of charges of transportation to engage in prostitution in the summer, dodging the more serious charges of sex trafficking, 50 Cent's Sean Combs: The Reckoning landed on Netflix on December 2.
And it sure has stirred the pot.
The series has stunned viewers, with explosive insight into the depths of the 1990s East Coast-West Coast hip-hop rivalry between Diddy's Bad Boy Records and Suge Knight's Death Row Records, plus never-before-seen footage that appears to hint the 56-year-old was involved in the killing of Tupac.
To this end, it includes clips of an alleged call between Combs and Davis, supposedly plotting the hit.
Despite Combs' lawyers slamming the series as a 'shameful hit piece' before filing a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix, the 'Candy Shop' hitmaker isn't backing down.
In an interview with US Weekly, the 50-year-old New Yorker claims Combs won't ever take accountability over his alleged role in the crime.
"He’s already been implicated,” Fifty said. “I don’t think that he could actually go through a murder-for-hire case when the person is saying they weren’t paid.”
Davis previously said Diddy had offered to pay him $1 million to deliver the hit on Shakur and Knight, later reduced to half the amount after only the rapper was killed by the gunman on that fateful night.
The now 62-year-old suspect, who was arrested in 2023, has since retracted those allegations. Meanwhile, Diddy vehemently denies any involvement and Shakur's family are said to have hired private investigators to pursue the lead.
Fifty, who executively produced the show, has long been a vocal critic of Combs and recently claims to have received a bouquet of flowers from Diddy in what he considers a 'warning' over the release of the documentary.
Alleged footage of Combs in the lead up to his high-profile arrest in September 2024 is also aired in the show, which appears to show the father-of-seven apparently plotting a way to manipulate the public on the charges against him.
“I’ve been committed to real storytelling for years through G-Unit Film & Television,” 50 Cent continued about why he pressed into Diddy's history for the making of the series.
“We don’t run from the truth; we document it. When this story evolved, it was clear there was a bigger conversation happening.”
The father-of-two also said in a statement: "I’m grateful to everyone who came forward and trusted us with their stories, and proud to have Alexandria Stapleton as the director on the project to bring this important story to the screen.”
Meanwhile, Diddy's team said: "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.
“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.
"Beyond the legal issues, this is a personal breach of trust. Mr. Combs has long respected Ted Sarandos and admired the legacy of [Sarandos’ late father-in-law] Clarence Avant."
