Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs forks out US$5000 a day to Sting after sampling his tune Every Breath You Take without permission.
The 53-year-old hip hop star has confirmed he pays the 71-year-old musician a five-figure sum, after sampling the 1983 Police song on his 1997 hit track I’ll Be Missing You.
Diddy confirmed the figure on Twitter in response to a tweet suggesting he pays US$2000 a day to Sting for sampling the song without permission.
He wrote: “Nope. 5K a day. Love to my brother @OfficialSting (sic)”.
A resurfaced clip of Sting’s 2018 interview with The Breakfast Club also emerged, in which Sting says Diddy only asked for permission after release.