Diddy Confirms $5K Daily Payment to Sting for Song Sample.

Diddy has clarified that he was joking about paying Sting $5,000 a day for sampling The Police on the 1997 Biggie tribute "I'll Be Missing You." Although Sting confirmed in a 2018 interview that he was paid for the sample, Diddy explained that they are good friends and that Sting probably makes more than $5,000 a day from one of the biggest songs in history. "I'll Be Missing You" spent 11 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 and won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.