Shyne is choosing peace over curiosity when it comes to 50 Cent’s documentary about Sean “Diddy” Combs.
Appearing on The Breakfast Club, the former rapper and current Belizean politician explained why he skipped the project, even though he knows his name comes up. “I heard it’s powerful and well done,” Shyne said. “But I didn’t watch it. That’s my trauma.”
For Shyne, revisiting that era would reopen scars tied to the 1999 New York nightclub shooting that changed his life. He was convicted in the case and served nearly nine years in prison, while Diddy was acquitted. “I know what he did to me,” Shyne said. “Sending me to prison is something I have to live with.”
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Though he avoided the documentary, Shyne expressed compassion for others who have spoken out.
“I feel the pain of the victims,” he said. “When people come forward, I’m not going to dismiss them. I know how it feels when nobody believes you.”
Shyne stressed that his own film, The Honorable Shyne, was created with a different purpose. “I told my story,” he said. “I didn’t tell the Diddy story. Watching that wouldn’t give me anything but hurt.”
Still, he stopped short of bitterness. “I don’t wish harm on him,” Shyne said. “I pray he takes this time to reflect and change.”