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People Are Freaking Out Over How Much Diddy Has To Pay Sting Every Single Day For Sampling His Song
People Are Freaking Out Over How Much Diddy Has To Pay Sting Every Single Day For Sampling His Song,Meanwhile, I'm counting down the days until I can use my free Starbucks Rewards birthday drink.

People Are Freaking Out Over How Much Diddy Has To Pay Sting Every Single Day For Sampling His Song

For millennials of a certain age, “I’ll Be Missing You” by Diddy is one of those songs that take you back to a specific time and place.



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A clip of Sting on The Breakfast Club, where he discusses how much Diddy has to pay for using that sample without permission, is going viral.

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Apparently, though, it’s not *just* $2,000, because Diddy responded to the clip to say it’s actually $5,000 a day.

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That’s nearly $2 million a year!

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This reminds me of Sisqó, who essentially gets no royalties from “Thong Song” because he didn’t clear the Ricky Martin sample.

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Desmond Child basically owns the song because he wrote “Livin’ La Vida Loca.”

Moral of the story: I need to write an iconic song that is sampled decades later so I can make a shit ton of passive income, instantly retire, and live off of that.

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