Pharrell Williams isn’t happy President Trump played the singer’s upbeat song at a rally Saturday just hours after a gunman killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue. Williams’ lawyer Howard King sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump Monday that said the singer did not grant the president’s team permission to use the song “Happy” at Saturday’s rally in Illinois. STEVEN TYLER SENDS TRUMP CEASE-AND-DESIST LETTER AFTER PRESIDENT USED AEROSMITH SONGS AT RALLIESSix others, including four police officers, were wounded in the mass shooting. “Pharrell has not, and will not, grant you [Trump] permission to publicly perform or otherwise broadcast or disseminate any of his music,” King wrote, adding that using “Happy” without permission is copyright infringement. “Demand is hereby made that you cease-and-desist from any further unauthorized use of Pharrell Williams’ music,” the letter concluded.

Source: Fox News October 30, 2018 16:41 UTC