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Despite the mounting allegations of sexual assault and trafficking surrounding Diddy, Sting refuses to distance himself from the song that was sampled for Diddy's "I'll Be Missing You."
The vocalist, formerly of rock group The Police, recently spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the band's 1983 single "Every Breath You Take" being sampled and interpolated on 1997 Diddy, Faith Evans and 112 collaboration "I'll Be Missing You," and if the connection "tainted" the song. "I'll Be Missing You" was recorded as a tribute song after the March 1997 murder of The Notorious B.I.G., who was signed to Diddy's Bad Boy Records and was married to Evans. At the 1998 Grammy Awards, Sting performed "I'll Be Missing You" alongside the song's artists.
"No. I mean, I don’t know what went on [with Diddy]. But it doesn’t taint the song at all for me. It’s still my song," Sting said about the legacy of "Every Breath You Take."
Sean 'Diddy' Combs is currently being held in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center (despite reportedly offering another bail package), where he's awaiting a May 5th federal trial. The rapper, producer and music mogul has been charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution.
On a 2018 episode of The Breakfast Club, Sting claimed that Diddy has to pay $2,000 a day "for the rest of his life" for the sample of "Every Breath You Take," as it was originally unauthorized. Elsewhere, Sting said that he and Diddy were "very good friends" and called "I'll Be Missing You" a "beautiful version" of "Every Breath You Take."
Diddy would catch the clip in April of last year, where he claimed that Sting likely makes upwards of $5,000 per day from the song.
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