Earlier this week, a clip of Sting confirming that Diddy pays him $2,000 a day for sampling The Police‘s “Every Breath You Take” for his 1997 hit “I'll Be Missing You.” During a radio interview, when asked about it, Sting said, “Yeah, for the rest of his life. It ain’t fake news.” Sting clarified that Diddy asked for permission to use the sample, but only after the song was released. Sting added, “We’re very good friends now. … It was a beautiful version of that song.”
Diddy posted the interview, along with the caption, “Nope. 5K a day. Love to my brother Sting!”