50 Cent POINTS OUT The Celebrities Trying To WRECK His Diddy Documentary

2006 Diss Track Led to the Rappers’ Years-Long Beef

Sean “Diddy” Combs and 50 Cent’s feud goes back to the latter’s 2006 diss “The Bomb,” in which he accused Combs of being involved in Biggie’s murder

50 Cent attends WE TV’s “Hip Hop Homicides” on Nov. 10, 2022, in New York City ; Sean Combs attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: Jamie McCarthy/John Shearer/Getty Images

50 Cent is just as well known for his music as he is for his outspoken drama with other rappers in the business, and one of his most famous feuds is with Sean “Diddy” Combs.

The “In da Club” rapper and Combs first began feuding when the former released his 2006 diss track, “The Bomb,” in which he accused Combs of having something to do with the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G. Combs has since denied the accusations.

In the years since, the two have gone back and forth with each other, with drama building up as they both represented rival vodka brands. However, in 2024, their feud came to a head when Combs’ house was raided in March 2024 by the Department of Homeland Security amid a slew of lawsuits alleging the rapper sexually abused and trafficked men and women, which Combs has denied.

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50 Cent has spoken up since then, claiming that he had suspected Combs’ alleged illegal behavior for some time. After the “I’ll Be Missing You” rapper was arrested in September 2024, 50 Cent announced his documentary about Combs’ alleged abuse case was already in the works at Netflix after getting greenlit earlier in the year.

“This is a story with significant human impact. It is a complex narrative spanning decades, not just the headlines or clips seen so far,” 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, and director Alexandria Stapleton said in a statement to PEOPLE.

In October 2024, 50 Cent defended his choice to be vocal about the accusations against Combs, claiming he’s been doing so for a decade already.

“Look, it seems like I’m doing some extremely outrageous things, but I haven’t. It’s really me just saying what I’ve been saying for 10 years,” he said. “Now it’s becoming more full-facing in the news with the Puffy stuff, but away from that, I’m like, ‘Yo, it’s just my perspective because I stayed away from that stuff the entire time, because this is not my style.’ ”

From how it began to how it’s escalated, here’s everything to know about 50 Cent and Combs’ feud.

50 Cent and Combs met when they were both starting in the industry

Sean Combs presents 50 Cent with the Best Video Award at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.Chris Polk/FilmMagic/Getty Images

In the 1990s, 50 and Combs were both rising in the hip-hop industry, and often spending time around the same people who encouraged them to work together. 50 helped ghostwrite on Combs’ 2001 hit “Let’s Get It,” and his girlfriend at the time, Jennifer Lopez, encouraged the rapper to work with 50 as well, he told The Hollywood Reporter in July 2024.

50 Cent added that the two mainly had a working relationship rather than a friendship. “I wouldn’t call it a friendship because there wouldn’t be disappointment between us if we didn’t speak to each other,” he said.

He said he “didn’t ever party or hang out with him,” explaining that he viewed him as a “businessperson” who sometimes took the credit for tracks he didn’t necessarily produce.

“He’s been able to take advantage of the business and the creatives in it,” 50 Cent said. “I don’t have any interest in doing that. I actually fall under the creative. So I just didn’t take to hanging out with that.”

50 Cent started their feud when he dissed Combs on “The Bomb”

In 2006, 50 Cent released a diss track against Combs titled “The Bomb,” in which he insinuated Combs had something to do with Biggie’s 1997 murder.

“Who shot Biggie Smalls? We don’t get ‘em / They gonna kill us all … Man, Puffy know who hit that n—-,” he rapped.

Combs has repeatedly denied the accusations, as well as ones that allege he had something to do with Tupac Shakur’s 1996 death.

50 Cent and Combs argued over the rival vodka brands they worked with

P Diddy and 50 Cent in February 2004.Denise Truscello/WireImage/Getty Images

Combs became the face of Diageo’s Ciroc vodka in 2007 and had been working with the company until January 2024, when they settled a lawsuit Combs filed alleging racism within the brand. Diageo and Combs parted ways, with the former taking full ownership of Ciroc.

In 2016, 50 partnered with Effen Vodka, telling PEOPLE, “When I’m out and there’s nightlife, it’s what I drink.”

A year later, 50 sold his shares of the company for $60 million, per VIBE, however, he continued to compare it in relation to Combs’ deal.

“Puff’s is not even vodka. It’s grapes [and] says ‘made with vodka,’ you know what I’m saying?” 50 Cent said in a 2018 interview on the Drink Champs podcast. “[Effen] is made from wheat from Holland and distilled five times so it’s a lot less sugar, it’s the right way. And then later when you have a headache because you finished your full bottle of Ciroc. … I told you I was smarter.”