A brand new declare from the Netflix docuseries Sean Combs: The Reckoning is drawing consideration for the way it portrays the occasions surrounding The Notorious B.I.G.’s funeral. In the sequence, Kirk Burrowes alleges that Sean “Diddy” Combs initially promised to cowl the prices of the service, however finally pushed the expense onto Biggie’s property. Burrowes describes the second intimately, saying, “Sean said, ‘We’re gonna do the biggest funeral for Biggie that New York has ever seen.’” He claims the keenness shifted as soon as the monetary actuality grew to become clear. According to him, “We start to put that together, he starts to see the price. He says, ‘We’re gonna do the biggest funeral, but Biggie’s gonna have to pay for this funeral.’” Burrowes additional alleged that “He was gonna make the funeral be a recoupable charge to Biggie in death. Sean doing a big show looks good on him. But he’s not gonna tell the world that Biggie was gonna pay for it.”

Following the documentary’s launch, Biggie’s property supervisor Wayne Barrow stepped ahead to problem the statements introduced. Speaking on behalf of Voletta Wallace, he rejected the suggestion that the funeral prices had been handed onto the property. Barrow said that he was straight concerned in planning the service alongside Burrowes and emphasised that the claims concerning the monetary preparations had been inaccurate.

Barrow additionally addressed one other narrative highlighted within the docuseries, one suggesting that the rapper’s contract scenario had grow to be strained shortly earlier than his dying. There have lengthy been rumors that negotiations had been underway between Biggie and Diddy throughout that point. Barrow countered this by saying the concept was unfounded, including that Life After Death had already been accomplished and that no contract renegotiation was occurring on the time. Through his statements, Barrow aimed to appropriate what he views as vital distortions about Biggie’s ultimate days and the administration of his legacy.