Prince’s Estate: The Trump Campaign Lied To Us

The Washington Post reports:

As President Trump walked offstage from a campaign rally at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Thursday, thousands of supporters in Make America Great Again gear bobbed along to the familiar guitar licks of hometown star Prince’s “Purple Rain.”

The singer’s estate, though, was less thrilled to hear the track. In fact, in a tweet shortly after the event, the late artist’s Twitter account said the president’s attorneys had promised to stop playing his music at any Trump events — and attached a letter as proof.

Prince’s estate is among a lengthy list of recording artists who have asked Trump to stop using their music, including Neil Young, Pharrell Williams and the Rolling Stones. More recently, Rihanna demanded that the president cease playing her hit “Don’t Stop the Music” at what she called his “tragic rallies.”

President Trump played Prince’s “Purple Rain” tonight at a campaign event in Minneapolis despite confirming a year ago that the campaign would not use Prince’s music. The Prince Estate will never give permission to President Trump to use Prince’s songs. pic.twitter.com/FuMUPzSWOe

— Prince (@prince) October 11, 2019