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The 50 Cent-produced docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning got a strong response from many prominent figures in hip-hop after it dropped on Netflix.

Sean Diddy Combs’ lawyers never wanted the program to air and even tried to stop Netflix from releasing it by sending a cease-and-desist letter to the streaming giant. But on Dec. 2, 2025, it debuted and held the No. 1 spot in several countries for weeks.

The four-part documentary examines the life, career, and controversies surrounding disgraced music mogul from his rise in hip-hop to his criminal conviction and broader legacy. It traces his early days building a powerful music empire that launched the careers of stars like The Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige.

Another person signed to the Bad Boy label whose name came up in the doc is former rapper Shyne, also known as Moses Michael Levi Barrow.

During an appearance on The Breakfast Club on Feb. 16, the “Bonnie-n-Shyne” artist was asked about the docuseries and revealed that he hasn’t watched it.

“You know, I saw Alex, that directed the film,” Shyne said, referring to director Alex Stapleton. “Alex said she did reach out to me. She probably did, but I saw her. Congratulations to her. She was nominated for a Director’s Guild Award. I didn’t see the documentary.

“I heard that it’s great, it’s powerful, it’s award-winning worthy. I heard I was in the documentary, even though I didn’t speak, but obviously, they told the truth about what I’ve been saying, so nothing that I’m saying is different than what I’ve said before.”

Shyne then shared the reason he chose not to watch it.

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“I didn’t watch it because I just … That’s my trauma. So, without getting into what he did to Cassie and what he did to all the other people that have accused him, I knew what he did to me as far as sending me to prison. So I feel the pain of the victims, Cassie in particular, and everyone that went through what they went through.

“Everything that anybody could say, I know to be a fact, right? Even if it’s not a fact, I know the potential, and the same way nobody wanted to believe me. I’m not gonna be that person and disbelieve those victims. I’m gonna give them the benefit of the doubt. I’m sorry, because he did it to me … I’m definitely not watching the Diddy documentary to traumatize myself. There’s nothing I can gain from that.”

When speaking about what Diddy did to him, Shyne was referencing the 1999 NYC nightclub shooting, which saw him charged and Diddy walking away scot-free. Many have always believed Shyne was the fall guy. He spent nearly a decade behind bars and upon his release, was deported to his home country of Belize, a country he had not been back to since he was a child.

He later got into politics and ran for office in Belize, becoming a leader in the United Democratic Party and serving as the Leader of the Opposition. Shyne has since returned to the U.S. legally as a foreign dignitary.

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