Diddy has to pay Sting $5,000 a day for life for sampling without permission

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Diddy has revealed that he pays legendary rocker Sting a whopping $5,000 per day for sampling The Police's song "Every Breath You Take," which Sting wrote, without permission.

"Those guys just take your shite, put it on a record and deal with the legality later," he said when asked how Diddy came about sampling "Every Breath You Take."

"Elton John told me, 'You gotta hear ["I'll Be Missing You'"], you're gonna be a millionaire,'" he added.

"I said, 'I am a millionaire!' He said, 'You're gonna be a millionaire twice over!'

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Diddy isn't the only rapper Sting has profited from after they sampled one of his songs.

The late Juice WRLD sampled Sting's "Shape of My Heart" on his 2018 hit "Lucid Dreams," which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and to date has sold over 10 million units in the United States alone.

Sting is said to own 85% of Juice WRLD's song because of the sample. Sting told Billboard in 2018 that the money he's made from the "Lucid Dreams" will put his "grandkids through college."

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