Puff Daddy pays Sting US$5,000 a day to steal ‘Every Breath You Take’ from his song ‘I’ll Be Missing You’

Puff Daddy is now paying Sting $5,000 (C$6,750) a day to use an unauthorized sample of the pipe. Every breath you take (1983) when he paid tribute to Biggie Smalls, from The Police, I will miss youReleased in 1997.

The rapper took to Twitter on Wednesday to correct what Sting had previously said in a 2018 interview on the show. Breakfast Club. The singer claimed to receive $2,000 a day for using the model.

Despite the payment, Buff Daddy, real name Sean Combs, expressed his love and respect for the former police chief in a tweet. “Nope. 5k a day,” wrote Diddy, sharing Sting’s post from 2018. “Love to my brother @OfficialSting.”

According to Sting, the American rapper asked permission to use it after the release of I’ll Be Missing You, a tribute to The Notorious Pick The Song, which was the second single. There is no way outP. Diddy’s 1997 debut album topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 11 weeks and won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.

B was the only artist to boost Sting’s bank account with unauthorized sample usage. Not DD. Nick Mira, the producer of Juice WRLD’s Lucid Dreams, revealed that Sting received 85% of the royalties on the song that covered his hit. The shape of my heart.