Sean Combs: The Reckoning — What Really Went Down Between P Diddy And 50 Cent

50 Cent and Sean 'Diddy' Combs have taken shots at each other for years. Now there is an actual Netflix documentary about Diddy, executive-produced by 50, and it leans right into the allegations and the bad blood. If you have followed their saga, this latest chapter is not subtle.

The doc, the angle, the timing

'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' hit Netflix in the U.S. on December 2, 2025. 50 Cent is an executive producer. The film digs into the sexual abuse allegations surrounding Combs and uses the feud as a throughline, with interviews from associates, investigators, and one alleged victim. 50 has framed the project as giving alleged victims a platform. It also functions as the loudest, most public escalation of his long-running fight with Diddy.

How we got here (the fast version)

Back in May 2000, 50 Cent was shot nine times outside his grandmother's house in Queens. Columbia Records cut him loose soon after. He stayed in the game by flooding the streets with mixtapes: '50 Cent Is the Future,' 'No Mercy, No Fear,' and 'God's Plan' with the then-new G-Unit. Those tapes got to Eminem, who passed them to Dr. Dre. The Aftermath deal followed, and so did the breakout album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. That rise put him right in the mix with Diddy, and the friction only grew.

Work friends (sort of), then enemies

Before it blew up, there were attempts to collaborate. 50 has said he helped ghostwrite Diddy's 2001 single 'Let's Get It,' and he described their rapport as mostly transactional in a 2024 interview. He has also accused Combs of grabbing more creative credit than he deserved and prioritizing business over artistry. The détente did not last.

The feud in one page

• 2006: 50 drops 'The Bomb,' accusing Diddy of knowing who killed The Notorious B.I.G. The lyric reignited a decade of speculation without offering proof.
• Mid-2000s: 50 tries to sign Mase, long tied to Diddy. He says the deal collapsed because Combs allegedly wanted $2 million to let Mase go. 50 called that unreasonable.
• 2007: The vodka era. Diddy pushes Ciroc. 50 backs Effen. The comparisons and sniping in interviews become a whole subplot.
• October 2023: 50 posts on Instagram that Diddy had ties to Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder, captioning: 'Damn so pac got lined by brother love.' This followed claims from Duane 'Keffe D' Davis that Combs offered him $1 million to target Tupac and Suge Knight. Combs has denied any involvement.
• November 2023: Cassie Ventura sues Combs, accusing him of rape, physical abuse, and coercive control. More civil suits follow, alleging sexual assault, trafficking, and other misconduct.
• 2024: Homeland Security raids Combs' homes in Los Angeles and Miami. 50 posts on X: 'They don't come like that unless they got a case.'
• Late 2024 into 2025: The legal situation intensifies, including Combs' arrest and additional allegations. 50 says he always avoided Diddy's parties and later points to that choice as intentional given what was emerging.
• Post-arrest: 50 announces 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' for Netflix, featuring interviews with associates, investigators, and an alleged victim. He also publicly mocked the idea that Combs was seeking a pardon from President Trump.

'They don't come like that unless they got a case.'

So what does the film add?

It is clearly told from a perspective: 50's. The documentary pulls together the civil suits, the raids, the prior rumors (Biggie, Tupac), and the culture around Diddy's world, then presses on questions Combs has repeatedly denied. It is part true-crime primer, part reputation battle. Also worth noting: Diddy has regularly brushed off the 'feud' label in public, while 50 has kept the pressure on via interviews, posts, and now this film.

The messy parts, made plainer

A few bits that get twisted in headlines: that 2006 Biggie line was an accusation in a diss track, not evidence; the Mase situation was a business release dispute, with 50 claiming Diddy priced him out; and the Tupac thread hinges on what Keffe D said he was offered, which Combs denies. The documentary leans on those moments to paint a pattern, and your mileage will vary based on how much you trust the voices involved.

Where it lands

However you feel about either guy, 'Sean Combs: The Reckoning' pushes their rivalry into a new, very public phase. If you want the short version: the film is out now on Netflix in the U.S., and it is meant to be a closing argument from 50 Cent in a case that is still very much unfolding.