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At a rally in Mississippi, Trump bizarrely played Prince‘s iconic 1984 song “Purple Rain.” Prince’s estate was not here for it.

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Via  Jeremiah Freed, also known as Dr. Funkenberry, the estate released the following statement, “The Prince Estate has never given permission to President Trump or The White House to use Prince’s songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately.”

Here is a video below of the song being played at the Trump rally:

While Prince was certainly a political artist, he often talked about race, poverty and faith in his music, he was not associated with a particular political party. He was also open about never voting. In 2009, Prince told Tavis Smiley about President Barack Obama, “Well, I don’t vote. I’ve don’t have nothing to do with it. I’ve got no dog in that race.”

He continued, “The reason why is that I’m one of the Jehovah’s Witnesses and we’ve never voted. That’s not to say I don’t think … President Obama is a very smart individual and he seems like he means well. Prophecy is what we all have to go by now.”

Also, in 1990, Prince gave $2,000 to Minnesota Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, who was a Republican. Boschwitz’s campaign director  said at the time, “It’s safe to assume that Rudy is not familiar with Prince’s work.” Boschwitz lost to Democrat Paul Wellstone in the 1990 campaign.

Well, let’s hope other people will be voting in droves on November 6.

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Prince’s Estate Demands Trump Stop Playing His Music At Rallies  was originally published on newsone.com