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Diddy pays Sting $5K every day for sample on Biggie memorial track | New York Post
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1:24Now PlayingFor sampling the Police’s 1983 track “Every Breath You Take” on the 1997 Biggie Smalls tribute “I’ll Be Missing You,” music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is said to be forever indebted to songwriter Sting — to the tune of $5,000 a day.
“5k a day. Love to my brother [Sting],” tweeted Diddy, 53, Wednesday, seemingly confirming his eternal obligation to the Police frontman.
Representatives for neither 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 the perpetual payment during a 2018 appearance on Power 105.1 FM’s “The Breakfast Club.”
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