Beyoncé threatens to cease and desist after Trump campaign uses “Freedom” – Hollywood Life

Donald Trump did not receive permission to use the song “Freedom” by BeyonceAlbum from 2016 lemonade in a 13-second video, Rolling Stone reported on Wednesday, August 21st.

After Steven Cheunga spokesman for the former president, shared a video of Trump getting off a plane on Tuesday, August 20, on his X-account. The video was accompanied by the Grammy-nominated song — captioned “Touchdown in Michigan!!” — and the “Say My Name” singer sent a cease-and-desist notice.

The use of the song, which also Kendrick Lamarquickly attracted attention on the Internet, especially since the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris– with Beyoncé's permission – has used it at several campaign rallies. Her supporters have even been photographed wearing cowboy hats and “Cowboy Kamala” sashes, a reference to Beyoncé's album “2024” Cowboy Carter.

In addition, the Harris-Walz campaign presented a new commercial with the soundtrack of “Freedom” featuring the actor Jeffrey Wright Narrator: “What kind of America do we want? One where we're divided, angry, and depressed? Come on! We're Americans! Fascism? We conquered it. The moon? We landed on it. The future? We built it. Freedom? Nobody loves it anymore.”

As of today, August 22, Trump's campaign team has quietly deleted the video.

Although Beyoncé does not officially support Harris, the Vice President and her husband Doug Emhoff received tickets for the Renaissance World Tour in Maryland as a gift from the artist herself last year.

Throughout his political career, the apprentice Star hasn't exactly found many artists willing to provide their music for his campaign. In fact, several of them have issued more or less stern warnings over the years for using their songs without permission.

Earlier this month, the Trump campaign was Celine Dion for using her 1997 hit “My Heart Will Go On” at a campaign rally in Montana.

And just last week, the estate of the late singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes sued the Republican presidential candidate and his campaign over the alleged unauthorized use of the song “Hold On, I'm Coming” in campaign videos. Attorneys for the Hayes family argue that Trump owes the estate $150,000 for each alleged unauthorized use of the song, which the Trump campaign reportedly used over 100 times.

The family of the deceased Tom Petty also condemned the use of the musician's song during Trump's 2020 election campaign.

Since 2016, the Rolling Stones have issued several statements calling on Trump to stop “any use” of their music. Despite their objections, however, Trump continued to use the band's song “You Can't Always Get What You Want.”