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.

“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 ...

“I’ll Be Missing You,” which featured Faith Evans and 112, was released as a tribute to slain Brooklyn native The Notorious B.I.G. Co-produced by Combs and Stevie J, ...

“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 ...

"I'll Be Missing You" served as a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G., who died in 1997 at the age of 24. Faith Evans — his former wife and mother to his 26-year-old son C.J. Wallace, ...

UPDATED April 7, 3:17 p.m. ET: Diddy went on Twitter to clarify that he was joking about the whole thing and doesn’t actually pay Sting $5,000 a day for “I’ll Be Missing You” sample.

Diddy sampled Sting's "Every Breath You Take" on his song "I'll Be Missing You" without permission — and now has to pay him $5,000 every day.

Diddy's 1997 track, "I'll Be Missing You," featuring R&B singer Faith Evans, was a tribute to rapper Notorious B.I.G., who was murdered earlier that year.

That is how much Diddy claims he pays Sting for his role in "I’ll Be Missing You," the 1997 single written in honor of the late Notorious B.I.G.