50 Cent and the Netflix docuseries team have not publicly revealed exactly who gave them the hotel‑room footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs, but the director and Netflix say it was obtained legally from the original filmmaker who shot it, not from Combs himself.

What the footage is

The controversial clips show Combs in a New York hotel room, filmed days before his September 2024 arrest, speaking with his attorney about the mounting legal pressure he faced. This material appears to come from a videographer Combs hired to document him during that period, as he has long kept extensive personal video archives.

How 50 Cent’s team got it

Combs’ representatives claim the series uses “stolen” and never‑authorized footage from his personal archive and say none of it came from Combs or his team, questioning how it was accessed. In response, director Alexandria Stapleton and Netflix state only that the footage “came to us,” was “obtained legally,” and that they have the necessary rights to use it, while refusing to identify the source and saying they worked to protect that person’s identity.

What is and isn’t known

Public reporting strongly indicates the material was shot by an outside videographer who retained rights to the footage and later provided or licensed it to the documentary production, which then cleared it for use. However, no one involved has disclosed the precise chain of custody or financial details, so the exact way 50 Cent’s team “got” it remains confidential and disputed by Combs’ side.