Diddy took to Twitter and shared that he pays singer, Sting $5,000 for sampling his 1983 hit “Every Breath You Take” without his permission. Diddy used the sample for his 1997 Notorious B.I.G. tribute “I’ll Be Missing You.”
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Rap mogul Diddy recently revealed that he pays legendary new wave rock singer and The Police’s frontman Sting — $5,000 a day in royalties for sampling his 1983 hit, “Every Breath You Take” to make his own 1997 tribute to the late Notorious B.I.G., with “I’ll Be Missing You.”
Diddy responded on Twitter to a resurfaced 2018 clip of Sting’s interview on The Breakfast Club featuring host Charlamagne Tha God asking Sting to confirm if Diddy paid him $2,000 a day for sampling his song without his permission.
“For the rest of his life,” Sting jokingly said in the clip.
Diddy quoted the tweet and clarified it was $5,000 daily:
“Nope. 5K a day. Love to my brother @OfficialSting!” Diddy wrote.
Sting also said Diddy asked permission to use the sample after “I’ll Be Missing You” was released and that he and Diddy are good friends.
The song, featuring 90s R&B star Faith Evans and 112, was a tribute to the late rap legend, The Notorious B.I.G, who died on March 9, 1997.
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