Dr. Dre and his authorized crew have taken motion towards Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she used the “Nonetheless D.R.E.” instrumental in a self-promotional video shared Monday, Jan. 9.
The objectively goofy clip pairs the “Nonetheless D.R.E.” beat — which Dre produced with Mel-Man and Scott Storch —with some slo-mo clips of Greene not precisely working arduous however strolling across the halls of Congress. There’s additionally some footage of Greene taking a telephone name from “DT” (yeesh) and celebrating the top of Kevin McCarthy’s abject humiliation when he was lastly elected Speaker of the Home on the fifteenth attempt.
After the video popped up on Twitter, Dr. Dre’s legal professionals issued a letter, obtained by Rolling Stone, accusing her of “wrongfully exploiting this work by means of the assorted social media shops to advertise your divisive and hateful political agenda.” The letter added that Dre (actual identify Andre Younger) “has not, and can by no means, grant you permission not broadcast or disseminate any of his music.”
After claiming using “Nonetheless D.R.E” within the clip constituted copyright infringement, the letter continued, “One would possibly anticipate that, as a member of Congress, you’d have a passing familiarity with the legal guidelines of our nation. It’s doable, although, that legal guidelines governing mental property are somewhat too arcane and insufficiently populist so that you can actually have spent a lot time on. We’re writing as a result of we expect an precise lawmaker must be making legal guidelines not breaking legal guidelines, particularly these embodied within the structure by the founding fathers.”
Dre’s legal professionals then demanded that Greene “stop and desist from any additional unauthorized use of” the musician’s work. It additionally requested that Greene affirm she’s “compiled with these calls for” earlier than Jan. 11 at 5 p.m. ET
It doesn’t seem that Dre’s crew needed to wait that lengthy: As of publication, the video has been removed from Greene’s Twitter account, with a message studying, “This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright proprietor.” (Mediaite has preserved a replica for these prepared to topic themselves.)
In a press release first shared with TMZ, Greene claimed she was locked out of her Twitter because of the criticism — although at 3:50 p.m. she was capable of post a screen grab of her assertion.
Addressing Dre, Greene mentioned, “Whereas I recognize the inventive chord development, I’d by no means play your phrases of violence towards girls and law enforcement officials, and your glorification of the thug life and medicines.”