Diddy Has Paid Sting $2,000 Per Day for Failing to Clear Sample; Payments End in 2053

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Did he sue before or after He performed the shyt with him on the VMA’s ??? Cacs bout they money fukk yo dead homie

U mean that performance where puff was dancing like a happy bytch about his so called friend being killed (by a hitman puff paid)

 

[Dzali OG]

I doubt Diddy made anywhere near 25 million off that one song

No, that song led to more opportunities which made him more money.

So THAT song maybe a loss or broke even investment, but it led to more money.

 

[STEVE]

Just a reminder, Sting is a fukking dirtbag who played a benefit for a war criminal for $4m in Uzbekistan.

 

[Alvin]

I read in an article years back Sting makes about 2.63 cents a second off royalties.

that's the god right there

who is his legal team?!

 

[Alvin]

the sampling laws are racist...... cacs got rich making covers of black music but when hip hop came all of a sudden you can't repurpose a song or sample a 3-5 second loop without giving up all your royalties. I think Russell Simmons said he was gonna take the issue to the supreme court back in the day but probably didn't want the smoke




the label is supposed to clear the samples which makes it funny that it's always the artists who get sued for it

they get sued first bc they are performing the song, the label didn't make them choose that sample nor perform it.

 

[Alvin]

So I did the back story, label didn't clear the sample or get permission before puffy dropped it, or puffy dropped it without knowing it was cleared first.

 

[kingstl]

How the heck does Diddy's song make 2k a day though

 

[Alvin]

They performed the damn song together in 1997. How the fukk was this an oversight?

that was after it dropped, regardless if they performed it or not he used it with sting's permission.

 

[Shang Tsung]

And it's going to keep going

That song is the most common song played in remembrance videos when someone dies

 

[DoomzdayzV]

And it's going to keep going

That song is the most common song played in remembrance videos when someone dies

Ill be Missing You is probably the biggest hip hop record of all time

 

[seabreeze80]

Willie Dixon sued Led Zeppelin. don’t whine about racist laws use the system to protect yourself. public Enemy and Jame Brown also sued people who don’t check in.

and fukk that “well I’ll just steal from black artists” bullshyt. Clear your samples. It’s that easy

I hate the mentality in this thread. They want producers to steal from black artists instead because they think blacks are less likely to sue another black person. c00n shyt.

 

[Alvin]

at anyone who believes this

it was true for a number of years after the song dropped, don't know about 2019. But maybe that number is still true internationally.

 

[Alvin]

Diddy gave the LOX back their pub tho

bc he was cool with dee and waah of ruff ryders

 

[old pig]

How the heck does Diddy's song make 2k a day though

it probably doesn’t...it made a lot of $$$ upfront tho...diddy can use “old” $$$ that was saved or new $$$ from a myriad of ventures to pay for it...doesn’t matter as long as he pays...not the best analogy but it’s like taking out a 5 year loan on a car...payments you make in the last year are more than likely gonna be the same as the payments you made during the first year...difference is during that last year you have a 5 year old car whose value depreciated...still gotta pay up tho

 

[Makavalli]

U mean that performance where puff was dancing like a happy bytch about his so called friend being killed (by a hitman puff paid)

U know what after that year sting had puff produce a song for him that flopped harrrrd. I remember it premiering on fukkin TRL with carson and after the video them teeny boppers were looking at each other like




That nikka must’ve hit his lawyer immediately after that shyt like nah puff this aint it i need them residuals