Sean "Diddy" Combs is forever in debt to Sting. The hip-hop icon, 53, sampled the rocker's 1983 single "Every Breath You Take" in his 1997 hit ... "Love to my brother @OfficialSting," he added ...

Sting Tells Stories Behind Hits ... That's what he believed, until his brother, Miles Copeland — who was, at the time, the band's manager — convinced him "Roxanne" had potential.

Ideas like Rick Steiner’s singles push against Sting showed why the fans lost confidence in the product. Rick turning heel to be on the same side as his brother Scott wasn’t a bad idea.