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After a clip of\u00a0British singer Sting\u00a0speaking\u00a0about receiving the royalties for\u00a0Diddy\u2019s\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ll Be Missing You\u201d circulated online recently, the rapper clarified just how much he pays\u00a0The Police\u00a0frontman.<\/p>\n

In the clip from a 2018 interview with Sting and Shaggy on\u00a0The Breakfast Club<\/em>, Charlamagne asked the musician if it\u2019s true he gets paid $2,000 by Diddy every day for the initially unauthorised use of The Police\u2019s \u201cEvery Breath You Take\u201d on the 1997 song.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, for the rest of his life,\u201d he replied. \u201cIt ain\u2019t fake news.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sting clarified that Diddy asked for permission to use the sample, but only after the song was released. \u201cWe\u2019re very good friends now. It was a beautiful version of that song.\u201d<\/p>\n

A tweet containing the interview clip got the attention of Diddy, who disputed the figure.<\/p>\n

\u201cNope,\u201d he said alongside the video. \u201c5K a day. Love to my brother [Sting]!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Diddy\u2019s track, which featured Faith Evans and 112, served as a tribute to his late friend the Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered\u00a0just months prior.<\/p>\n

Diddy originally did not ask for permission to use the sample, and Sting filed a lawsuit that resulted in him receiving all of the royalties for the track.<\/p>\n

Despite the contentious nature surrounding \u201cI\u2019ll Be Missing You,\u201d the two came together to perform a live version of it alongside Faith Evans at the 1997 MTV Video Awards.<\/p>\n

It was a hugely successful release and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. So needless to say, Sting doesn\u2019t seem too upset about Diddy\u2019s use of the sample and they appear to be on good terms.<\/p>\n

In an interview with A.V. Club, per\u00a0Ultimate Classic Rock, The Police guitarist Andy Summers described the song as a \u201cmajor rip-off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe actually sampled my guitar, and that\u2019s what he based his whole track on,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cStewart\u2019s not on it. Sting\u2019s not on it. I\u2019d be walking around Tower Records, and the f$%king thing would be playing over and over. It was very bizarre while it lasted.\u201d<\/p>\n

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