Will there be The Reckoning Season 2? 50 Cent posts Diddy update while trolling Stranger Things

Sean Combs: The Reckoning has overtaken Stranger Things on the Netflix top 10 chart, and now 50 Cent is trolling the TV show while opening up discussions about a potential Season 2. Warning: some may find this content distressing. 

50 Cent had been teasing his Diddy documentary for well over a year, with Netflix winning the rights back in May 2024. Now that the true crime series has arrived on the streaming service, viewers are busy poring over the many shocking revelations.

Alongside the multiple sexual assault allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs, The Reckoning includes claims that he put a $1 million hit out on Tupac Shakur, charged Biggie’s NYC funeral to his estate, and tried to avoid paying victims of the 1991 City College tragedy.

The docu-series also features never-before-seen pre-trial footage of Diddy, which led to his lawyers sending a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix. However, not only did The Reckoning release without delay, but there are now talks of a potential follow-up. 

Will there be The Reckoning Season 2? 

Right now, it’s undecided. Netflix hasn’t officially given the greenlight to Sean Combs: The Reckoning Season 2, but a recent 50 Cent post suggests that discussions are taking place. 

Taking to Instagram on Monday (December 8), the rapper – real name Curtis Jackson – shared a photo showing him in a meeting room, pointing to a screen with the post for his true crime docu-series. 

He said it’s his “third meeting at Netflix today,” while also taking a jab at Stranger Things after The Reckoning toppled it from first place in the streaming service’s top 10 TV chart. 

“This is my third meeting today at Netflix, look guy I know you spent a lot of money on Stranger Things but it can’t f**k with me. I’m #1 in 43 countries and #2 in eight others, just facts,” he wrote. 

The post has received thousands of comments, with many expressing their interest in a second season. “Now we need more episodes or Season 2 please,” said one, to which another replied, “He’s probably working on that as we type.”

“Make Season 2,” added a third, with a fourth commenting, “Cool, but you needs to release a Part 2. Because I feel like so many important things were left out.” A fifth chimed in, “We want more! Keep exposing Diddy! There’s so many people who have been hurt by him.”

Others want him to turn focus to other individuals. “Please do Jay Z,” said one, while another asked, “Can we please direct 50 Cent to the Epstein files next?”

Clearly, there’s demand, but Netflix will need to first crunch the numbers first. It all comes down to ratings, and given Sean Combs: The Reckoning has only been out for a week, the streamer will doubtless need more time before committing to a second chapter. 

In a conversation with Deadline, Alexandria Stapleton – the director of the Netflix docu-series – said she’d be open to exploring more parts of the case in a follow-up.

“I think I would be willing to. There are a couple of parts of the story that I would love to know more about and to work on further,” she told the outlet. 

“The story has all these different offshoots, places that you can go because it covers so much in so many decades. There are a couple of other worlds that I think would be interesting to get into, but right now I need a little rest and to finish up some other projects.”

If there is a second installment, there are plenty of events to elaborate on, but there will likely be pushback too, as has happened with the first chapter. 

Misa Hylton claps back at Diddy documentary amid Justin Combs rumor

Justin Combs is the eldest biological son of Sean “Diddy” Combs, born in 1993 to fashion designer Misa Hylton, making him Diddy’s first biological child and one of his seven children. 

However, Hylton reportedly accused the documentary of leading to harassment over resurfaced rumors that Justin is not Diddy’s son. She has also allegedly hit out at the rapper’s former bodyguard, Gene Deal, accusing him of starting the rumors. 

According to The Shade Room, Hylton wrote in a since-deleted post, “Anyone who knows me knows I’m a private person, and it pains me that I even have to post this. 

“The harassment my son and I have been dealing with because of things implied by Gene Deal and stated in a recent Netflix documentary has been heartbreaking. 

“The truth is: the public is being misled about me and my child, we’ve been dragged into something we never asked for… a cruel game built on rumors and agendas. Please take a moment before believing everything you hear.”

Hylton also reportedly paired the post with clips of Deal speaking about Diddy, saying he was ready to go to “war” with him and bringing up the rumor that Anthony “Wolf” Jones is Justin’s real biological father.

However, Deal insisted that he didn’t start the rumors, stating, “I know what was said hurt Justin, because I did not clarify it to nobody because I did not say it.”

Deal has since responded to Hylton’s latest comments in an interview with The Art of Dialogue. “I saw that today. Somebody sent me that sh*t today, man. And my whole thing about it is, Misa, how am I harassing you? I’ve never harassed you,” he said. 

“I’ve always been a protector of you so far, until now. For you to go and try to snake that whole situation and saying I’m the reason why you being harassed. No. Your ex [Diddy] is the reason why you’re being harassed.”

Diddy insider drops bombshell about “stolen” footage

One area the documentary’s creators have already dealt with is the legal dispute over its use of archival footage, but that actually may simplify things for a potential Season 2 rather than complicate them.

In the weeks leading up to the release of Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Diddy’s legal team sent Netflix a cease-and-desist letter demanding the streamer halt the series. 

His representatives argued that years’ worth of personal footage had been “stolen” and improperly used, insisting the documentary relied on material Combs had commissioned and stored without granting anyone the right to distribute it. 

Netflix, however, pushed back immediately, while Stapleton stated that all materials were cleared and acquired legally. And now, new details about the footage have surfaced from Diddy’s former publicist, Rob Shuter. 

On his Naughty But Nice substack, Shuter claimed that Diddy never paid the videographer who captured the pre-trial recordings. 

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“Let me tell you something from my own experience working with Diddy – and the sources whispering in my ear now confirm the exact same thing: Diddy never paid the videographer,” Shuter wrote. 

“Not a dollar. And he never had a signed contract. And honestly? That was classic Diddy. I was around him back in the day, and I was shocked at how sloppy he was when it came to paperwork. 

“He always had photographers and video crews trailing him – everywhere, all the time – but because he was cheap, he refused to do formal contracts. 

“He just expected loyalty. He expected silence. And at the time, he was so powerful no one dared release anything without his approval.

“But here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud: When you go to jail and suddenly someone is offering the cameraman money for footage? Honey, that’s not betrayal – that’s a business opportunity. And it is absolutely Diddy’s own fault.

“Now the Netflix documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, is out – produced by 50 Cent, of all people – and Diddy’s lawyers are calling it a ‘shameful hit piece’ built on ‘stolen footage.’ 

“They’re furious because the doc includes those ‘explosive’ private recordings from just days before his arrest, even a phone call with his lawyers.

“But let’s be real: Netflix is a multibillion-dollar corporation. They don’t air a single still photo without teams of lawyers clearing every frame and every copyright. The director insists they obtained it legally, and my industry sources back that up.”

Sean Combs: The Reckoning is streaming in Netflix now. You can also read about Druski’s response to the Diddy party allegations, what Diddy’s lawyers said about his “freak offs”, and how to watch Downfall of Diddy.