Kisha Smith
Seems Dr. Dre didn’t take kindly to controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posting his classic song, “Still Dre” on a recent Twitter post of her walking to the House floor on Monday. In fact, he didn’t like it at all. So much so that the 57-year old hip hop mogul had his lawyer, Howard King, issue a demand letter to Twitter, requesting that the post be blocked, which subsequently resulted in not only the post being blocked but Greene reportedly locked out of her own account.
“I don’t license my music to politicians, especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one,” Dr. Dre told TMZ.
Further, Attorney Howard King issued a letter to Greene on behalf of Dr. Dre. In it, he wrote: “We write to you on behalf of our client, Andre Young p/k/a Dr. Dre, composer and performer of the hit song, “Still D.R.E.” You are wrongfully exploiting this work through the various social media outlets to promote your divisive and hateful political agenda…
“Mr. Young has not, and will never, grant you permission to broadcast or disseminate any of his music…
“One might expect that, as a member of Congress, you would have a passing familiarity with the laws of our county. It’s possible, though, that laws governing intellectual property are a little too arcane and insufficiently populist for you to really have spent much time on. We’re writing because we think an actual lawmaker should be making laws not breaking laws, especially those embodied in the constitution by the founding fathers.”