You’re Fired! 11 Black Artists Who Have Rejected Donald Trump - Page 4

4. Pharrell Williams

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Pharrell Williams has also been outspoken in his opposition to Trump. In 2018, the billionaire entrepreneur used Pharrell’s hit song “Happy” at a rally in Indiana hours after a shooting occurred inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing 11 people and injuring six others, People reported. 

The artist’s legal team sent a cease and desist letter demanding that the campaign stop using the song.

“On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged ‘nationalist,’ you played his song ‘Happy’ to a crowd at a political event in Indiana,” wrote Howard King, Williams’ lawyer.

“There was nothing ‘happy’ about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song for this purpose,” the letter continued. “Demand is hereby made that you cease and desist from any further unauthorized use of Pharrell Williams’ music.”