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Fans of hip-hop are revisiting P Diddy's music after 50 Cent's new Netflix documentary, Sean Combs: The Reckoning, raised fresh questions about the rapper's past.
The series, currently the most-watched show on Netflix, explores Combs' career, longstanding sexual misconduct allegations, and the unsolved murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G.
Diddy, 56, is currently serving over four years in Fort Dix prison on prostitution-related charges.
Since the documentary premiered on December 2, social media has been buzzing with clips of Diddy's past performances, with fans claiming some of his lyrics hint at knowledge of Tupac's 1996 drive-by shooting and Biggie's murder the following year.
Although Diddy has repeatedly denied any involvement in the killings, viewers are dissecting old songs for possible hidden meanings.
Fans dig into controversial Diddy lyrics
Much of the discussion has focused on Diddy's past collaborations. On G. Dep's 2001 track Let's Get It, he raps: "Call me Diddy, I run this city/Send the cops, the D.A. and feds to come get me."
When asked whether he had written the line, 50 Cent laughed, clarifying, "I didn't tell him to say that."
Similarly, Diddy's verse on 50 Cent's 2007 I Get Money remix drew attention: "Bo knows but Diddy did it... Shootouts, coastal beefs, yeah, Diddy did it/ But my lawyer's so good that Diddy got acquitted."
50 Cent, laughing, has stated that Jay-Z was responsible for that part of the lyrics, especially the lines about "shootouts" and the East Coast-West Coast conflict.
Eminem's 2024 track Fuel has also resurfaced in the conversation. In one verse, he raps:?"I'm like an R-A-P-E-R (Yeah) / Got so many eses (S-As), eses (Huh) / Wait, he didn't just spell the word 'rapper' and leave out a P, did he? (Yep)"?He goes on:?"R.I.P., rest in peace, Biggie / And Pac, both of y'all should be living (Yep) / But I ain't tryna beef with him (Nope) / 'Cause he might put a hit on me like, 'Keefe D, get em'."
Fans have praised Eminem's wordplay, calling it "clever" and claiming he has been "hinting at the truth for years."
Many are now revisiting old verses with a new perspective, convinced that the lyrics may contain hidden admissions.