Rihanna Stops Donald Trump From Playing Her Music At His Rallies -

Photo Courtesy of Instagram/@Badgalriri Rihanna has made it official. She does not fuck with Trump. The Barbados Goddess, tweeted Sunday that she didn’t want her music associated with Donald Trump “tragic rallies,” had her people deliver a cease-and-desist letter to Trump HQ. “As you are or should be aware, Ms. Fenty has not provided her consent to Mr. Trump to use her music. Such use is therefore improper,” stated the letter from the “Bad Girl” singer’s legal team to White House counsel, according to Rolling Stone magazine. The Billboard hitter and Fenty Beauty Creator first learned that her recordings, specifically her 2007 hit “Don’t Stop the Music,” were playing at a Trump rally in Tennessee from Philip Rucker. Rucker, who was on the ground Sunday, tweeted about the scene: “Currently, Rihanna’s ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ is blaring in Chattanooga as aides toss free Trump T-shirts into the crowd, like a ball game. Everyone’s loving it.” Rihanna saw that tweet and replied: “Not for much longer.”

Not for much longer…me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies, so thanks for the heads up philip! https://t.co/dRgRi06GrJ
— Rihanna (@rihanna) November 5, 2018

“Don’t Stop the Music,” per Rucker’s previous dispatch from the road, was also played at a rally in Columbia, Mo., last Thursday. At an airport hangar, Trump disembarked Air Force One as thousands of supporters looked on and the bumping beat of Rihanna’s dance hit boomed in the background.

@rihanna do you support Donald trump using your music at his rallies? If not, you may want to do what @Pharrell has done. #ceaseanddesist here’s the link to the full video https://t.co/bpbtay3bgn pic.twitter.com/WFEHJZQ1VR
— Love Joyalyn (@LoveJoyalyn) November 4, 2018

“Trump’s unauthorized use of Ms. Fenty’s music … creates a false impression that Ms. Fenty is affiliated with, connected to or otherwise associated with Trump,” the letter continued. Rihanna, who is a native of Barbados, isn’t registered to vote in the United States, but has nonetheless made her displeasure with Trump known. She joined protesters outside Trump Tower in New York in January 2017 and has called the president an “immoral pig” for his immigration policies.

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The singer joins a long list of big-name entertainers who’d prefer that Trump stop blasting their hits at his rallies. Pharrell Williams also sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump to stop using his 2013 hit “Happy”; Prince’s estate wants the president to stop playing “Purple Rain”; Guns N’ Roses doesn’t want him playing “Sweet Child of Mine”; and the Rolling Stones would like him to nix their hit “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”