Diddy Clarifies Joke After Saying He Pays Sting $5000 A Day For “I’ll Be Missing You” Sample
Diddy joked he pays Sting $5,000 a day for sampling The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” on the hit single “I’ll Be Missing You.”
Diddy joked he pays Sting $5,000 a day for sampling The Police’s “Every Breath You Take” on the hit single “I’ll Be Missing You.”
Diddy didn’t ask for Sting’s permission to sample “Every Breath You Take” on his 1997 Notorious B.I.G. tribute, and is still paying the price.
“That song generates about $730,000 a year. So you figure 10% of that is $73,000 and 20% is $146,000.”
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