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05th Nov 2018

Rihanna has told Donald Trump to stop playing her music at his rallies

Rudi Kinsella

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In this instance, please DO stop the music.

At this point, it looks like it’s going to get to a stage where no artists are going to let Donald Trump play their music at his rallies.

The American President has a long list of artists who have forbade him from playing their songs, as they strongly disagree with things he has said in the past.

Most recently, Pharrel Williams‘ attorney wrote a cease and desist letter, which read: “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.

“There was nothing ‘happy’ about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song for this purpose.

“Pharrell has not, and will not, grant you permission to publicly perform or otherwise broadcast or disseminate any of his music.”

And we can now add Rihanna to the list.

In a tweet posted on Sunday, she was informed that her 2007 hit ‘Please don’t stop the music’ was being played at a Trump rally in Tennessee.

Rihanna responded to the tweet to let people know that her music would not be played at a Trump rally again, and also described his rallies as “tragic”.

She’s in good company alongside Prince, Queen, Adele and many others who have requested that their music not be played at Trump’s rallies.