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Diddy Pays Sting $5K A Day For 26-Year-Old Sting Sample, Allegedly
Diddy set the record straight in response to a viral video clip that resurfaced concerning royalty payments for an uncleared sample he's making to Sting totaling five thousand a day. The clip from"The Breakfast Club" in 2018 showed Sting revealing that the Bad Boy Records founder was paying $2,000 a day for sampling The Police's "Every Breath You Take" for the 1997 hit "I'll Be Missing You". The post Diddy Pays Sting $5K A Day For 26-Year-Old Sting Sample, Allegedly appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Right Said Fred Says Beyoncé Didn’t Approach Them About “I’m Too Sexy” Sample
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: picture alliance / Getty Right Said Fred, the English pop duo best known for its massive hit “I’m Too Sexy,” is the latest musical act daring to take aim at Beyoncé over music sampling concerns. A member of the group told a media outlet that he viewed the Houston superstar as “arrogant” for not reaching out to the band to use a sample of their aforementioned smash hit. Right Said Fred spoke with The UK Sun about the use of “I’m Too Sexy” for Beyoncé’s “Alien Superstar” track from her latest studio album, Renaissance. According to the band, they feel that Queen Bey should have reached out to them before taking a portion of their record to add to her own music. From The Sun: Normally the artist approaches us but Beyoncé didn’t because she is such an arrogan...
