Dr Umar says 50 Cent isn't wrong for making the Diddy documentary if the latter allegedly exploited and took advantage of his child’s mother

While 50 Cent's docuseries about Sean "Diddy" Combs has been criticized by many, Dr. Umar recently suggested that the rapper was justified in producing the Netflix docuseries if Diddy allegedly exploited and took advantage of his child's mother. For those uninformed, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson served as the executive producer on Sean Combs: The Reckoning, a four-part docuseries that detailed Diddy's life and legal problems leading up to his s*x trafficking trial.

During the trial held between May and July 2025, Cassie Ventura and an unnamed woman, only known as Jane Doe, testified as Diddy's alleged victims. Many unconfirmed reports believe that Daphne Joy, 50 Cent's former girlfriend and mother of his son, Sire, was the woman who testified anonymously as Jane.

During a recent interview with The Art of Dialogue, which premiered on December 25, 2025, Dr. Umar suggested that Jackson had the right to make the docuseries if the reports about Diddy allegedly seducing and exploiting his former girlfriend, believed to be Daphne Joy, were true.

"I have to say this in fairness to 50 Cent...when I heard, allegedly, that Sean Combs had seduced, allegedly, and s*xually exploited, although with her permission, when I learned that Sean Combs had seduced and s*xually exploited one of 50 Cent's girlfriends, possibly even a mother of one of his children," Johnson said.

He added:

"When I learned of that, I said, 'You know what, as much as I didn't appreciate the documentary, if I'm going to be fair and honest to Mr. Curtis Jackson, he had a right to do the documentary."

Dr. Umar further claimed that Diddy was in the wrong if he allegedly seduced, exploited, and allowed other men to exploit 50 Cent's ex-girlfriend just to get back at him, calling it "completely against the G-code." Johnson also alleged that Diddy's conduct was "unbecoming of a Black man," adding that "Jackson was justified in making the documentary."

Dr Umar said if he were in the rapper's shoes, he would have also made the documentary, further adding that he had a "personal reason" to be involved in the project.

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50 Cent told Dr. Umar to "shut up" following his initial criticism of the Diddy docuseries

Dr. Umar was only of the many public figures who vocally condemned 50 Cent's involvement in the Diddy docuseries, which premiered on Netflix on December 2, 2025. The docuseries included never-before-seen footage of Sean Combs in New York, less than a week before his arrest in September 2024, with the clips showing him planning strategies with his lawyer.

50 Cent serving as the series' executive producer stirred more debate around the project, with many believing that the rapper's long-standing rivalry with Combs was the driving force for his involvement. During a livestream on December 16, Dr. Umar discussed the docuseries, suggesting that Jackson's "self-hatred" motivated him to work on the project.

"I have no problem with Black people holding Black people accountable. I'm having a problem with Black people needing to expose Black people [...] but you never expose white people who do things to Black people. It is an act of self-hatred disguised as community service," he added.

Following this, 50 Cent, famously known for trolling his critics on social media, took to Instagram to post a snippet of the clip with the caption, "shut up." According to Hot New Hip Hop, Dr. Umar was not the only person who decried the rapper's involvement in the docuseries.

Actor Marlon Wayans discussed the project when he appeared on REAL 92.3 LA, suggesting that Jackson's reason was "personal" due to his "long-term beef" with Combs. He further said Diddy was "down on his luck" and Jackson was "kicking a man when he's down."

Meanwhile, Ja Rule, one of Jackson's well-known rivals, suggested that the In da Club rapper was "no different" than Diddy in a social media post on December 9. Dame Dash accused 50 Cent of "tearing down another Black man for a white man" in an Instagram post in November.

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50 Cent explained why he worked on the Diddy docuseries

Diddy's team bashed the Netflix docuseries as "a shameful hit piece" in a press statement a day before its premiere, further adding that it was "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."

According to Complex, a Netflix spokesperson confirmed that Jackson did not have any "creative control" over the project despite being the executive producer. Meanwhile, the rapper himself explained why he decided to work on the project during an interview with GQ, published on December 2.

He cited "the culture" as the reason, saying that people would assume everyone in hip-hop was okay with this kind of behavior if no one raised awareness about it.

"To be honest, just the culture itself. If someone's not saying something, then you would assume that everybody in hip-hop is okay with what's going on because [other rappers] will say, "I ain't going to say nothing. I'm going to mind my business," because of a position that [Diddy] held in culture for so long, you understand? So [that] would leave me. Without me saying that I will do it, there's nobody there," Jackson said.

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In other news, Diddy reportedly filed for an expedited appeal requesting an overturn in his conviction on two counts of prostitution-related crimes ahead of Christmas. According to the BBC, the hip-hop mogul's attorney argued that his 50-month sentence was "unlawful, unconstitutional, and a perversion of justice" in the new filing.

Edited by Juhi Marzia