Sean Combs' shady move after The Notorious B.I.G.'s murder has come back to haunt him, with a former Bad Boy Records co-founder alleging that the mogul charged his estate for the costs of Biggie's funeral. In a new Netflix documentary, Kirk Burrowes revealed that Combs initially planned to bill the entire cost of Biggie's lavish send-off to the label, claiming it as a recoupable charge in Biggie's death.
This move was part of a larger pattern of questionable behavior by Combs following Biggie's murder in 1997. Just six months earlier, Tupac Shakur had also been gunned down in Las Vegas, and the circumstances surrounding Wallace's own assassination remain unsolved to this day. The Bad Boy family, including Faith Evans and Junior M.A.F.I.A., attended the funeral at a Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on New York City's Upper East Side.
Combs' actions have sparked accusations of exploiting Biggie's legacy for his own gain. Burrowes claimed that Combs tried to change some of the terms of Wallace's recording contract posthumously, which he refused to do, leading to his termination from the label a few months later.
The controversy is not limited to funeral expenses; Combs also allegedly pushed himself onto the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1997, while pushing Wallace out of the spotlight. This move was part of Combs' strategy to promote his own debut album, No Way Out, which would be released in July that year.
This move was part of a larger pattern of questionable behavior by Combs following Biggie's murder in 1997. Just six months earlier, Tupac Shakur had also been gunned down in Las Vegas, and the circumstances surrounding Wallace's own assassination remain unsolved to this day. The Bad Boy family, including Faith Evans and Junior M.A.F.I.A., attended the funeral at a Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on New York City's Upper East Side.
Combs' actions have sparked accusations of exploiting Biggie's legacy for his own gain. Burrowes claimed that Combs tried to change some of the terms of Wallace's recording contract posthumously, which he refused to do, leading to his termination from the label a few months later.
The controversy is not limited to funeral expenses; Combs also allegedly pushed himself onto the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in 1997, while pushing Wallace out of the spotlight. This move was part of Combs' strategy to promote his own debut album, No Way Out, which would be released in July that year.