Who is Kim Porter's ex-husband Al B. Sure! - and what has he said about Sean Combs? Actor Quincy Brown's biological father tells all in a new documentary called Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy | South China Morning Post
New documentary Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy just premiered on Peacock – but had tongues wagging even ahead of its release.
According to the network’s summary, the film is a “raw, exclusive look at Sean Combs long before he was known as Puff or Diddy”, and features “never before seen footage and stories from those who know him best”.
The 90-minute documentary went into production after one of its executive producers, Ari Mark, developed a relationship with Ariel Mitchell, a lawyer involved in several cases against the music mogul, per The Hollywood Reporter. Mark told the outlet he realised he could take a “more victim-forward approach” to add a different angle to the unfolding story. He also got in touch with a childhood friend who grew up in the same house as Combs.
“When we heard his perspective, it really clicked for us that this could be something more layered and unexpected – a raw exclusive look at Sean Combs … before he was Diddy,” Mark said. The exposé features interviews with several figures from the rapper’s inner circle, from a former bodyguard and former make-up artist to Tim Patterson, Combs’ childhood friend, and Al B. Sure!, who was married to the late Kim Porter.
“Being able to call Al B. Sure! and be like, ‘This film is happening. It’s not contingent on your participation. It’s not contingent on you saying this or that or the other thing or revealing some big secret. We just want you to be in this film because we think it will be a better film as a result. And we’re not asking you to share your whole life story, we’re just asking you to share whatever you’re comfortable sharing at this particular moment in time within the trajectory of the saga of your weird, very kind of complicated relationship with Sean Combs,’” Mark told The Hollywood Reporter.
The 56-year-old – real name Albert Joseph Brown III – is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, radio host and former record executive. He is currently executive chairman of the Health Equity in Transplantation Coalition, an organisation that fights for the rights of organ donation transplant recipients.
