Is Diddy’s Drama Tainting One Of Sting’s Most Popular Songs? Here’s what he has to say about it

Seam Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal indictment and growing legal problems continue to play in the court of public opinion – there is a singer whose opinion is now in the spotlight.

That artist would be none other than The Police frontman and activist Sting, who recently spoke about Diddy in the a new interview with the Los Angeles Times on Monday. In it, Sting was asked if all the mess surrounding the disgraced Bad Boy music mogul has tarnished his 1983 hit song “Every Breath You Take” — which Diddy famously sampled for his own 1997 hit “I’ll Be Missing You” . . .

“No,” Sting said curtly. “I mean, I don’t know what happened (with Diddy). But it doesn’t tarnish the song for me at all. It’s still my song.”

Conversations about whether Diddy’s music and all the songs he produced will leave a sour taste in people’s mouths in light of his salacious allegations have been going on for months now. It should go without saying the longtime producer has worked with everyone from Biggie to New Edition to The Lox to 112 and more. So it can be hard for some to want to part with some of their most loved songs just because the person who produced it is in a whole world of trouble.

It’s also a conversation not exclusive to Diddy. Artists with their own checkered past as Dr. Dre, Chris Brown and especially –R.Kelly— are also points of contention with music lovers who feel that it is both possible and necessary to separate the art from the artist. And if people like Sting can separate someone like Diddy’s mess from something good – maybe it’s a sign that others will start to do the same.

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