xxlmag.com/news/2014/01/find-out-who-makes-2000-a-day-off-of-diddys-ill-be-missing-you

"If only Sean "Diddy" Combs then Puff Daddy simply asked Sting for permission to use “Every Breath You Take” before the fact, then Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland and Diddy himself would be allotted their fair share of "I'll Be Missing You" copious royalties.

How much royalties you ask?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Sting (and Sting alone), fattens his pockets with a cool $2,000 a day. In fact, every penny of royalties that is generated by both “Every Breath You Take” and “I’ll Be Missing You” ($730,000 a year) will continue to trickle into the bank account of Mr. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, reportedly, until 2053"

I'll be missing you still a classic

Sting pulling up to Big and Juice funerals

thats crazy

I mean they damn near covered the whole thing

Sting bout his paper

Easy money

he's a rich motherfucker for sure. Combine that with the other 25 songs that have sampled that specific song:
whosampled.com/The-Police/Every-Breath-You-Take

and the other people that have sampled him (119 total)
whosampled.com/The-Police

and then the Juice WRLD sample.....

juice wrld just died too so there was probably a spike in streams for that song too
DAMN!

Sting bout to drop funeral post like

I mean Diddy copied the whole song and just changed the lyrics

50s comment makes this post even more wild

Diddy don't pay him outta pocket lol that the song has generated around that rate up till this date

and also it was worth it for the sales that it drove for No Way Out and the overall purpose of turning Puff into a solo act that quickly after BIG's death

So he basically owe him 24 mill

@STUNNA @KIN @YoungNastyShawty wish y'all got to discuss this on the podcast

Man we getting jokes off you tryna kick logic

Sting owns the royalties to the song until 2053 cause he didnt ask for permission to sample it.

Sting woulda only got 25% but he got 100% after

Wtf going on here

Sting grandkids will never go hungry

Fif is the biggest IG troll ever

Cold hearted

Sting smacking dead men for money is great

Wild how with Diddys version and s*** people really think the og song is something cute play it at wedding and s***

most of the royalties from lucid dreams go to him

That's what he saying