Pharrell Williamsdoes not want his music played at PresidentDonald Trump‘s rallies.
On Saturday, after thePittsburgh synagogue shootingthatkilled 11 peopleand injured six others, a rally that Trump spoke at played Williams’ upbeat hit “Happy.” The musician and producer sent him a cease and desist letter as a result,USA Todayreported.
“On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged ‘nationalist,’ you played his song ‘Happy’ to a crowd at a political event in Indiana,” wrote Howard King, Williams’ lawyer, according toUSA Today.
In August,Steven Tylersent Trump his own cease and desist letterafter Trump used Aerosmith’s “Livin’ on the Edge” at a campaign event in Charleston, West Virginia. “I do not let anyone use my songs without my permission,” Tyler said in a statement. “My music is for causes not political campaigns or rallies.”
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Adele,the Rolling Stones,Neil YoungandREM’s Michael Stipeare among the musicians who have also told Trump not to use their music.
At the Future Farmers of America convention on Saturday, Trumpjoked that he had considered canceling that appearancebecause of his hair.
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“By the way, somebody just said, ‘Your hair looks different today,'” Trump said. “I said, ‘Well, I was standing under the wing of Air Force One doing a news conference early this morning, a very unfortunate news conference. And the wind was blowing and the rain, and I was soaking wet, and that’s what I ended up with today.'”
“I said, ‘Maybe I should cancel this arrangement because I have a bad hair day,’” Trump continued.
source: people.com
