The singer, 45, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump after the president played Williams' 2014 smash hit "Happy" at a political event in the Midwest Saturday, just hours after nearly a dozen people were gunned down in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
"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 read, …. "Demand is hereby made that you cease and desist from any further unauthorized use of Pharrell Williams' music."
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Williams' legal team noted that the use of the song was not only poorly timed, but in violation of "copyright infringement" and "trademark rights."
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Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy” is a beautiful celebration of multiculturalism and happiness. Maybe Trump was “happy” about the rise of deadly intolerance, but how disgusting that Trump misappropriated this beautiful song to rile up his deplorables hours after the synagogue massacre.