Al B. Sure! has long been an outspoken critic of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Now, in the new Peacock documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy, the songwriter and record producer is sharing more of his story.
“Al B. has been through a lot,” executive producer Ari Mark exclusively told Us Weekly ahead of the film’s Tuesday, January 14, premiere. “There are definitely more layers to his story, for sure. And hopefully we get the opportunity down the road to share more of that story.”
Sure, 56, was married to the late Kim Porter from 1989 to 1990. The former couple welcomed a son, Quincy Brown, in 1991. Porter later dated Diddy, 55, off and on from 1994 to 2007. Before her death at age 47 in November 2018, the duo welcomed son Christian, 26, and twin daughters Jessie and D’lila, 18.
It’s long been reported that Diddy adopted Quincy, 33, as a toddler, but Sure (whose real name is Albert Joseph Brown) claims in the documentary that it never happened.
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“There’s no adoption. None,” Sure alleged in the film. “And if you haven’t noticed, his name is still Brown. People thought I was absent and things of that nature.”
Sure didn’t share all of his grievances with Diddy in the documentary, but Mark understood that he shared what he felt like he could during filming.
“He definitely has history with Kim and with Sean, and this is part of his family,” Mark told Us. “For him, it just hits really, really close to home. He definitely has a lot of strong opinions about it, and I think a lot of those were shared in the film. And for the ones that weren’t shared, I think you can probably glean how he feels.”
Later in the film, Sure didn’t hesitate to share his belief that Porter did not die of natural causes. (The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office confirmed her cause of death as lobar pneumonia in January 2019.)
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“That’s just a day that will never, never leave my mind,” Sure said in the film. “And just that empty feeling of like, ‘Nah, something is not right with this.’”
As the documentary notes, medical professionals have found no evidence that Porter died of unnatural causes. Her children, meanwhile, said last year that they accept the official cause of her death.
“Our lives were shattered when we lost our mother. She was our world, and nothing has been the same since she passed,” Quincy, Christian, Jessie and D’lila said in a joint statement in September 2024. “While it has been incredibly difficult to reconcile how she could be taken from us too soon, the cause of her death has long been established. There was no foul play. Grief is a lifelong process, and we ask that everyone respect our request for peace as we continue to cope with her loss every day.”
While Diddy did not participate in the film, his attorneys issued a statement to producers, saying, “Sean Combs unequivocally denies the baseless allegations being circulated in connection with this documentary. Regarding the legal cases referenced, Mr. Combs will not comment on pending litigation. He will fight them in court, where the facts will be distinguished from fiction.”
In a statement to Us, Diddy’s team added, “This documentary recycles and perpetuates the same lies and conspiracy theories that have been slung against Mr. Combs for months. It is disappointing to see NBC and Peacock rolling in the same mud as unethical tabloid reporters. By providing a platform for proven liars and opportunists to make false criminal accusations, the documentary is irresponsible journalism of the worst kind.”
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Diddy is currently in jail awaiting trial after his September 2024 arrest on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has repeatedly denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Mark, for his part, praised “the courage” it took for Sure and other participants in the documentary to speak out.
“So many have resisted speaking up for years, so this is really the first time they’re opening up,” he told Us. “I hope audiences recognize how tough that must be and that they feel like they have the producers’ and the network’s gratitude. Seeing the man behind the mugshot is something I think that is valuable and important, not just because of an audience’s curiosity. … There is a societal responsibility to tell these types of stories.”
Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy premieres on Peacock Tuesday, January 14.
With reporting by Leanne Aciz Stanton
