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.

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, ...

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.

“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.

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 ...

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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 ...

“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.