The music mogul is said to be forever indebted to the rock star for sampling “Every Breath You Take” on the Biggie tribute “I’ll Be Missing You.”
For sampling Sting’s 1983 “Every Breath You Take” track on 1997 Biggie Smalls tribute “I’ll Be Missing You,” music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is said to be forever indebted to the rock star — to the tune of $5,000 a day. [Sting],” tweeted Diddy, 53, in part, Wednesday, seemingly confirming his eternal obligation to the Police frontman.
Neither representatives for Diddy nor Sting immediately responded to The Post’s request for a comment. But in his Twitter admission, Diddy, a native New Yorker, reposted a clip that featured Sting, 71, discussing theThe tweet, which amassed more than 7.6 million views, came as a correction to Sting telling the morning show host Charlamagne Tha God that Diddy had to pay him $2,000 a day for co-opting his Grammy-winning hit.
The sample was used to honor the late Notorious B.I.G., who was gunned down at age 24 on March 9, 1997.Diddy’s tweet was in response to a resurfaced clip of Sting confirming that the rap mogul pays him on a daily basis.For clarity, Charlamagne questioned, “Did he ask you for permission?,” to which Sting replied, “Yes, he did.” of the chart-topper until after his version of the song had already hit airwaves. Despite the alleged shadiness, Sting said of the rap icon, “We’re very good friends now.
And while it’s unclear when the music giants actually struck the hefty $5,000 a day deal, if the agreement was put in place in 1997, to date, Diddy would have paid Sting roughly $47.4 million dollars for his lyrical salute to the slain Biggie., “There will NEVER be another. The GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME,” alongside a video of the B.I.G offering a motivational message.Share this article:
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