For millennials of a certain age, "I'll Be Missing You" by Diddy is one of those songs that take you back to a specific time and place.
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That time and place is the summer of 1997. It spent 11 weeks (!!!) at No. 1 that year!
The only problem is that Diddy never cleared the sample of the Police's song "Every Breath You Take."
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And sorry, sweets, but you gotta pay for that shit!
A clip of Sting on The Breakfast Club, where he discusses how much Diddy has to pay for using that sample without permission, is going viral.
Diddy reportedly pays $2,000 a day to the artist Sting for sampling his hit song “I’ll be Missing you” dedicated to rapper Biggie Smalls without permission “We are very good friends now” https://t.co/7zbOWwbFRP
It was reportedly $2,000 a day!
Apparently, though, it's not *just* $2,000, because Diddy responded to the clip to say it's actually $5,000 a day.
Nope. 5K a day. Love to my brother @OfficialSting! 😎 ✊🏿🫶🏿 https://t.co/sHdjd0UZEy
A day!!
That's nearly $2 million a year!
$1,825,000 A YEAR @OfficialSting literally doesn't have to work again in his life and will make almost $2million a year. Ownership is powerful https://t.co/9CchCLIkMr
People are naturally impressed.
Now that’s passive income. https://t.co/mre87UKFmW
Others are very jealous.
"Every step I take I'll be paying Sting" 🎶 https://t.co/XwTWbxKQJn
This person says it's worth every penny.
Worth every penny. https://t.co/CJlJoCOdG8
But ultimately, I'm like...is that really something to brag about (LOL)?
This reminds me of Sisqó, who essentially gets no royalties from "Thong Song" because he didn't clear the Ricky Martin sample.
Moral of the story: I need to write an iconic song that is sampled decades later so I can make a shit ton of passive income, instantly retire, and live off of that.
