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Bye, Felicia! Dr. Dre Slams ‘Hateful’ Far-Right Politician Over Unauthorized Song Use

<p>It looks like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;twitter-supports-dj-quik-saying-he-should-be-as-popular-as-dr-dre-i-dont-think-its-fair&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Dr&period; Dre<&sol;a> may have ignited some beef with Rep&period; Marjorie Taylor Greene &lpar;R-Ga&period;&rpar;&comma; a major figure in far-right politics who closely aligns herself with Donald Trump&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Dr&period; Dre Takes Issue With Marjorie Taylor Greene Using &&num;8216&semi;Still D&period;R&period;E&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The situation unfolded on Monday after Marjorie uploaded a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;RepMTG&sol;status&sol;1612451685338603522&quest;s&equals;20&amp&semi;t&equals;TxR2F6QNemU1YoKeDHWySg" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">since-disabled video<&sol;a> that showed her confidently walking around the U&period;S&period; Capitol and relishing in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;kevinmccarthy&period;house&period;gov&sol;about" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Rep&period; Kevin McCarthy<&sol;a> &lpar;R-Calif&period;&rpar; being elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives&period; Notably&comma; the video had &&num;8220&semi;Still D&period;R&period;E&period;&&num;8221&semi; by Dr&period; Dre playing in the background&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shortly after Marjorie&&num;8217&semi;s upload&comma; Dr&period; Dre let it be known that he was not pleased with the unauthorized use of his song&comma; and he went in on the controversial politician&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;09&sol;dr-dre-didnt-license-song-rep-marjorie-taylor-green-video&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em>TMZ<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; Dr&period; Dre flat-out said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I don’t license my music to politicians&comma; especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was also around this time that the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s team reached out to Twitter in order to remove Marjorie&&num;8217&semi;s video&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The politician soon responded by bashing Dr&period; Dre&&num;8217&semi;s character as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;While I appreciate the creative chord progression&comma; I would never play your words of violence against women and police officers&comma; and your glorification of the thug life and drugs&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Marjorie also shared a screenshot of her statement to Twitter&comma; cheekily writing&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The next episode&period;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1612552535902154752" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Dr&period; Dre&&num;8217&semi;s Attorney Pops Off In A Cease &amp&semi; Desist<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Attorney Howard King&comma; Dr&period; Dre&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer&comma; ultimately issued a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dam&period;tmz&period;com&sol;document&sol;c4&sol;o&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;09&sol;c47058ead12a432d938227fb78d6d3a0&period;pdf" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">cease and desist<&sol;a> on behalf of his client&comma; in which Marjorie was accused of &&num;8220&semi;wrongfully using &lbrack;&&num;8216&semi;Still D&period;R&period;E&period;&&num;8217&semi;&rsqb; to promote &lbrack;her&rsqb; divisive and hateful political agenda&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We also have to note that the lawyer read Marjorie for filth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;One might expect that&comma; as a member of Congress&comma; you would have a passing familiarity with the laws of our country&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s possible&comma; though&comma; that laws governing intellectual property are a little too arcane and insufficiently populist for you to really have spent much time on&period; We&&num;8217&semi;re writing because we think an actual lawmaker should be making laws not breaking laws&comma; especially those embodied in the constitution by the founding fathers&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>While the cease and desist asks that Marjorie respond by Thursday&comma; it seems like the message radiated loud and clear&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The politician hasn&&num;8217&semi;t issued any further commentary on the matter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What do you think about the situation between Dr&period; Dre and Marjorie Taylor Greene&quest; Additionally&comma; would you be here for more crossover drama between rappers and political figures&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"107935" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;dr-dre-slams-hateful-far-right-politician-unauthorized-song&sol;" data-secure&equals;"a5508e3f4d"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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