Posted on 04/06/2023 11:55:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Rapper Diddy revealed he pays Sting $5,000 every day for sampling the Police classic “Every Breath You Take” on his 1997 track “I’ll Be Missing You.”
In 2014 it was confirmed that the performer, previously known as Puff Daddy, was handing over $2,000 daily after he asked permission to use the sample only after his song was released.
As a result, Sting was entitled to all royalties from the Grammy-winning single, instead of a percentage, which now totals over $1.8 million per year.
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I meant ‘Diddy’, NOT ‘Sting’
Wow!
I see no talent in rap music. Vulgar nursery rhymes to a diddy from the 80’s. To each his own.
I hear that "Cassius Clay" is available.
I see no talent in rap music. Vulgar nursery rhymes to a diddy from the 80’s. To each his own.
I’m not a fan of it either, but the question was “why doesn’t he write his own (hit) song?”
Heard and rap “song” with the same beat and tone as “eenie meenie minie mo. You could have replaced the rap lyrics perfectly.
And just replace “mo” wif “ho.”
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