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Last week, footage of a crowd at a Trump rally in Mississippi circulated a painful image: hands waving to Prince‘s “Purple Rain,” as the track blared through the in-house PA.
According to Billboard, during that same rally, the president mocked Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony against Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed for a seat in the Supreme Court despite Ford’s account of being raped, and accusations of sexual assault from two other women.
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The Prince Estate, however, is not having it. Responding via the venerable Dr. Funkenberry, the estate has issued a statement calling for Trump and The White House to “cease all use immediately.”
This is far from the first time an artist has barred the administration from the use of a composition. Both Neil Young and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler have sent cease and desist orders to The White House in recent years for playing their music at rallies.
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