Puff
Daddy
has settled a lawsuit filedagainst him by music publishing company Brumley& Sons, over
his tribute to Biggie Smalls, I’ll Be Missing You. The object
of the dispute was Puff’s use of eight words from the 1929 gospel
song, I’ll Fly Away, which was composed in 1929 by Albert Brumley
while he was picking cotton. I’ll Fly Away is one of the most
recorded gospel songs. I’ll Be Missing You which was released
in 1997, earned Puff a Grammy Award. The terms of the settlement
were not disclosed.
