Music artist Dr. Dre is no fan of conservative congressional representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). After Greene used an instrumental version of one of his songs without permission, the congresswoman received a terse note and legal threat from an attorney representing Dr. Dre.
The Daily Wire reported that Greene was temporarily locked out of her Twitter account after Twitter flagged one of her videos for music copyright violations.
The furious music artist, whose name is Andre Young, had his attorney fire off a blistering note — alleging Greene was “exploiting” the artist, “divisive,” “hateful,” and unable to understand “laws governing intellectual property.”
Though Greene utilized an instrumental-only version of one of Dr. Dre’s songs, the attorney wrote:
“We write 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.”
The haughty lawyer continued, saying pointedly to Greene that his client “has not, and will never, grant you permission to broadcast or disseminate any of his music. The use of ‘Still D.R.E.’ without permission constitutes copyright infringement in violation of 17 U.S.C. 501.”
Including a personal element in the legal complaint, Dre’s attorney wrote:
“One might expect that, as a member of Congress, you would have a passing familiarity with the laws of our country. 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.”
The letter demanded that Greene respond by the end of business on Wednesday to confirm that she complied to remove the instrumental background to her video post.
Greene responded via a statement to TMZ, noting the hypocrisy of calling her “hateful” and “divisive” for using an instrumental track when Dre’s lyrics are notably violent.
His songs include the lines:
“Them wonder why mi violent, them no really understand. For the reason why mi take mi law in mi own hand. Mi not out for peace and mi not Rodney King. The gun goes click, mi gun goes bang. I got my finger on the trigger…”
“Pimping hoes and clocking a grip like my name was Dolemite. Yeah, and it don’t quit…”
“D-R-E, a __________ who’s known for carrying gats… If you see me on the solo move believe that I’m strapped Four-four, tray-eight or AK-47″
Greene’s statement read: “While I appreciate the creative chord progression, I would never play your words of violence against women and police officers and your glorification of the thug life and drugs.”
Greene posted a screenshot of her statement with the caption, “The next episode,” a reference to one of Dr. Dre’s songs.
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