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OMF BREAKING NEWS!! Diddy pays Sting $5,000 a day for the rest of his life, for this reason; « He asked me to… »
The hip-hop star controversially sampled The Police’s hit single from 1983, ‘Every Breath You Take’ in one of his most popular tracks titled ”I’ll Be Missing You’ which was first released a whole 14 years later in 1997.
However, it seems that that Diddy’s decision landed him in some pretty high water after revealing that he has to pay a hefty amount of royalty to the singer every day. Sting was asked by the radio host, Charlamagne the God:
“Is it true that Diddy has to pay you USD $2,000 (AUD $2,986) because he didn’t ask permission to sample ‘Every Breath You Take’.” “We’re very good friends now,” he added.
Diddy then went on to correct the actual figure that he sends Sting every single day.
He tweeted: “Nope. 5K a day. Love to my brother @OfficialSting!”
Fans have since got their calculators out to quantify the precise amount that Diddy has owed to Sting after all this time.