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Music Appreciation

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1. I didn't click on those links, but here's a Rolling Stone article:

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 01:14 PM

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/diddy-sting-uncleared-sample-payment-1234710483/

Sting gets the royalties from Diddy's I'll Be Missing You, which sampled Every Breath You Take illegally. In 2018 Sting said it was $2K a day. Diddy joked that it was $5K a day, then retracted that.

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I didn't click on those links, but here's a Rolling Stone article: highplainsdem Sunday #1

It was a video of 3 dudes interviewing Sting. Swede Monday #2