Prince: Great music — and lessons in the legalities after death.
By Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone | President Donald Trump’s team played Prince’s “Purple Rain” during a rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Thursday, violating an agreement made by Trump’s campaign and the Prince Estate in 2018. The Prince Estate shared the written agreement on Twitter. The letter from the campaign’s legal representatives said it would not use any Prince songs in connection with Trump campaign events, per the estate’s request that was made after Trump used the song during pre-Election Day rallies.
“President Trump played Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ tonight [10/10/19] at a campaign event in Minneapolis despite confirming a year ago that the campaign would not use Prince’s music,” the Prince Estate wrote on Twitter. “The Prince Estate will never give permission to President Trump to use Prince’s songs.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/prince-estate-blasts-trump-playing-034542540.html
Comment: Playing Prince before a Trump rally in Minneapolis is sacrilege.