Mark Curry Says His Deal For 50 Cent’s Diddy Doc Was Worse Than His Deal With Bad Boy

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Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson during the Humor & Harmony Weekend: Big Bowl Comedy Show presented by 50 Cent at the Shreveport
Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson during the Humor & Harmony Weekend: Big Bowl Comedy Show presented by 50 Cent at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium Thursday evening, August 8, 2024.
Mark Curry claims he only received $69 from "Sean Combs: The Reckoning," despite being promised a production credit on the docuseries.

There are a lot of people who don’t like Diddy for one reason or another, but Mark Curry’s issues with the founder of Bad Boy have existed for a long time. However, it seems like he now has a new bone to pick with 50 Cent, the executive producer of Sean Combs: The Reckoning. In a recent post, Curry explained how his deal to appear in the documentary was significantly worse than his contract with Bad Boy.

Curry said that he was promised a production credit in the docuseries–he said that he pulled together the talent, largely based on the people he talked about in his book. “I was the one who put that thing together. I was promised a production credit, and the production credit said that even if the documentary was sold, I would be grandfathered into the deal because I helped produce that whole documentary,” he explained. “I saw where 50 [Cent] was like, ‘The proceeds would go towards the victims.’ I haven’t seen that yet.”

Mark Curry Calls Out 50 Cent

He continued, “Nothing really came about. I was like, ‘This right here is worse than any deal…' you talk about a deal with Puff; this is a worse deal than the worst deal.’”

For all the issues he’s had to face over the years, Curry explained that he believed this documentary can create change for him and his story. This also includes issues related to payments for the songs he wrote. He explained that the lack of proper licensing for “Come With Me”  would’ve helped him get paid for every time it was viewed. The documentary was reportedly streamed over 50M times.

“Had I had sync license on it, which I thought we would have in place, then I would’ve made some money off of this Godzilla song, ‘Come With Me.’ Man, I made $69 off of that song because they didn’t have a sync license,” he said. Check out the full clip above and sound off with your thoughts in the comments below. 

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Aron A. is a features editor for HotNewHipHop. Beginning his tenure at HotNewHipHop in July 2017, he has comprehensively documented the biggest stories in the culture over the past few years. Throughout his time, Aron’s helped introduce a number of buzzing up-and-coming artists to our audience, identifying regional trends and highlighting hip-hop from across the globe. As a Canadian-based music journalist, he has also made a concerted effort to put spotlights on artists hailing from North of the border as part of Rise & Grind, the weekly interview series that he created and launched in 2021. Aron also broke a number of stories through his extensive interviews with beloved figures in the culture. These include industry vets (Quality Control co-founder Kevin "Coach K" Lee, Wayno Clark), definitive producers (DJ Paul, Hit-Boy, Zaytoven), cultural disruptors (Soulja Boy), lyrical heavyweights (Pusha T, Styles P, Danny Brown), cultural pioneers (Dapper Dan, Big Daddy Kane), and the next generation of stars (Lil Durk, Latto, Fivio Foreign, Denzel Curry). Aron also penned cover stories with the likes of Rick Ross, Central Cee, Moneybagg Yo, Vince Staples, and Bobby Shmurda.

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