Puff Daddy is now paying Sting $5,000 (C$6,750) a day for using an unauthorized sample of the tube Every Breath You Take (1983) from Police on his tribute to Biggie Smalls, I’ll Be Missing Youreleased in 1997.
The rapper took to Twitter on Wednesday to rectify what Sting previously said in a 2018 interview on the show. The Breakfast Club. The singer indicated receiving 2,000 dollars daily for the use of the sample.
Despite the money being paid, Puff Daddy, real name Sean Combs, expressed his love and respect for the former Police frontman in a tweet. ” No. 5K a day,” Diddy wrote, sharing Sting’s post from 2018. “Love to my brother @OfficialSting.”
According to Sting, the American rapper only asked for permission to use after the release of I’ll Be Missing You, which is a tribute to The Notorious BIG The song, which was the second single from 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.
P. Diddy isn’t the only artist to enrich Sting’s bank account with unauthorized sample use. Nick Mira, the producer of Juice WRLD’s Lucid Dreams, revealed that Sting had received 85% royalties on the song, which covers his hit Shape of My Heart.