(GEORGIA) — In a story broken by TMZ, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) used a Dr. Dre song in a promotional video uploaded to her social media accounts.
In the video, she walks around the Capitol complex hallways to an instrumental version of Still D.R.E., the 1999 hit off of Dre’s 2001. Strutting her stuff, the voiceover describes her phone call from former President Donald Trump and the brawl of a House Speaker election resulting in a Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
The hip hop legend told TMZ that “I don’t license my music to politicians, especially someone as divisive and hateful as this one.” The video has since been removed from social media.
Although the song is audible in the video, Greene responded, saying “While I appreciate the creative chord progression, I would never play [Dr. Dre’s] words of violence against women and police officers, and [his] glorification of thug life and drugs.”
It’s possible that she was referring to the fact that the instrumental version was used, and no lyrics were heard.
The controversy hearkens back to some of Trump’s legal battles of his administration’s era, wherein he received multiple cease-and-desist notices from various popular artists.
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