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.

Amazingly, Diddy did not clear that “Every Breath You Take” sample before releasing “I’ll Be Missing You,” and that fuckup still has major financial consequences today.

Diddy released “I’ll Be Missing You” to honor his friend and collaborator Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in March 1997 in Los Angeles. The slow-paced tribute, ...

Despite the allegations against Diddy, "Every Breath You Take" remains untainted. "It's still my song," Sting said of the Police track, which Diddy famously sampled in his 1997 song 'I'll Be ...

“I miss Kim,” he told the crowd before also giving a shoutout to the late Notorious B.I.G., who “I’ll Be Missing You” was actually written about in 1997.

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The record “I’ll Be Missing You” flourished, topping the Hot 100 for 11 weeks in the year of its release and continues to succeed to this day. However, Diddy failed to clear the song’s ...

Diddy has seemingly confirmed that he has to pay Sting $5,000 a day for his use of the Every Breath You Take sample in I’ll Be Missing You, his 1997 hit (as Puff Daddy) with Faith Evans. The song was ...

“I’ll Be Missing You,” which featured Faith Evans in 1997, was a tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. and became a hit for Diddy.

Diddy's Grammy-winning hit "I'll Be Missing You" doesn't really come with a daily price tag.. After the rapper said he paid Sting $5,000 in royalties a day for the sample of “Every Breath You ...