Two of imprisoned rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sons are set to observe of their father’s footsteps with a docuseries of their very own, one which guarantees to platform their perspective on their hip-hop royalty father’s fall from grace in 2024 and his subsequent federal trial the next summer time.
On Sunday night time, Zeus Community launched a trailer for the forthcoming collection, which is slated for launch someday in 2026, in keeping with the community’s Instagram web page. The documentary collection seems to observe Justin and Christian Combs all through their father’s federal racketeering and sex-trafficking trial, which concluded in early July with a break up verdict that spared him a possible life sentence. Combs is now serving a 50-month federal jail time period after a jury discovered him responsible of violating the Mann Act. He’s additionally the topic of an typically deeply unflattering four-part Netflix collection that seems to be a success for the streamer; it was produced partly by his longtime rival, rapper 50 Cent.
Within the transient first trailer, Justin and Christian Combs are seen sitting collectively watching tv protection of their father’s trial. The 2 develop visibly emotional as rapid-fire footage performs, together with photographs of their every day arrivals and interactions with swarming press exterior the downtown Manhattan courthouse. Abrupt phrases in daring white font flash throughout the display screen: “The Rise.” “The Household.” “The Ache.” “The Loyalty.” “The Betrayal.” “The Lies.” The brothers trade weary appears earlier than a telephone rings — a jail name from the Federal Correctional Establishment at Fort Dix in New Jersey, the place their father has been relocated as an inmate.
It’s unclear from the trailer whether or not the scope of the docuseries will finish with the conclusion of Combs’ trial in July or lengthen by way of his October sentencing and time in federal custody. As debate intensified on-line over whether or not the present might glorify or glamorize Combs, the dialogue spilled into the feedback part of Zeus CEO Lemuel Plummer’s social media, prompting him to make clear the community’s intent.
“To be clear, this documentary is about giving Justin and Christian the chance to share their private story,” Plummer wrote. “We’re not right here to endorse Diddy or anybody else. As a community, we imagine in giving people a platform to inform their very own experiences, identical to any community that enters the documentary area. We’re merely permitting these tales to be informed, and that’s the essence of what we’re doing right here.”
Justin and Christian Combs have additionally been linked to the launch of DiddyCoin, a cryptocurrency launched in Could on the Solana community that skilled a rocky rollout. The token was launched on the outset of Combs’ trial and positioned as a solution to rally on-line dialogue across the embattled mogul. Promotional language described $DIDDY as “a decentralized rally cry for tradition, for freedom, for anybody who ever danced to ‘Mo Cash Mo Issues.’” In the course of the trial, a T-shirt handout and an alleged paid protest had been reportedly tied to the coin, elevating moral questions concerning the brothers’ involvement.
Zeus is a subscription-based video-on-demand streaming service based in 2018 by social media personalities DeStorm Energy, Amanda Cerny, King Bach and Plummer. The platform focuses on influencer-driven content material and unscripted programming.