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Lawyers for rap legend Dr. Dre are demanding that Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stop using his music, after the controversial politician used the hit Still D.R.E.
I dont license my music to politicians, especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one, Dre, who was born Andre Young, said in a statement.
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The letter from Dres attorney, Howard King, dated Monday, demands that the Greene immediately cease and desist from using Dres music. The letter says she has been using it on social media.
"One might expect that, as a member of Congress, you would have a passing familiarity with the laws of our country. Its possible, though, that laws governing intellectual property are a little too arcane and insufficiently populist for you to really have spent much time on," the letter reads. "Were writing because we think an actual lawmaker should be making laws not breaking laws, especially those embodied in the constitution by the founding fathers."
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lawyers-dr-dre-tell-rep-074139025.html