After Watching ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning,’ Joe Budden Says Diddy ‘Didn’t Get Enough Time’ in Prison
Joe Budden gave his thoughts on Netflix’s Sean Combs: The Reckoning during the Dec. 11 episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, and the rapper-turned-podcaster believes the disgraced Bad Boy mogul deserved an even longer prison sentence after watching the explosive docuseries executive produced by 50 Cent.
Episode two focuses on Diddy’s alleged ties to the deaths of 2Pac, and then The Notorious B.I.G. six months later.
“I was absolutely pissed [at Diddy] by episode two because the way the doc was framing it is B.I.G. didn’t want to go to L.A. at all,” he said. “This doc did a good job of making you say right after Pac dies, ‘Why would Biggie want to go to L.A. to finish recording the album?’ That just sounds real stupid today.”
Budden continued: “Yeah, I was saying f—k him by episode two.”
Joe admitted he looks at Diddy’s history in a different light due to how well the allegations were framed against Combs throughout the four-part series.
“It did make you feel, like, at the end, he didn’t get enough time,” he said. “They showed the Shyne s—t. They showed too much s–t to where it’s, like, if you don’t believe this, or if this didn’t do it for you, or if this didn’t do it for you, it’s like certain s–t is too consistent in the story that they tell.”
Billboard has reached out to Diddy’s reps for comment.
Diddy was sentenced to 50 months in prison with time served in October. It was a mixed verdict, as Combs was acquitted of heavier charges such as sex trafficking and racketeering, but was convicted of violating federal prostitution laws.
A spokesperson for Combs called the Netflix docuseries a “shameful hit piece” and filed a cease-and-desist on Dec. 1 for “ripping private footage out of context,” which Netflix denied.
Watch Joe Budden’s reaction to the docuseries below.
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