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Prince's estate demands Trump STOP using Purple Rain at his rallies immediately saying president doesn't have permission to use it

• Trump campaign used Purple Rain at recent rallies, including last week in South Haven, Mississippi
• Prince's half-brother Omarr Baker said 'The Prince Estate has never given permission to President Trump or the White House to use Prince's songs.'
• Other singers have launched similar attempts to stop their music being used at Trump rallies, including Steve Tyler after Livin' On The Edge was played
  

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

PUBLISHED: 14:07 EDT, 12 October 2018 | UPDATED: 23:02 EDT, 12 October 2018

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Prince's surviving family members are asking President Donald Trump to stop using the late rock star's music at campaign rallies.

Prince's 'Purple Rain' has frequently been on Trump's playlist at recent rallies, including last week in South Haven, Mississippi.

A statement retweeted on behalf of the estate by Prince's half-brother Omarr Baker said '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.'

Neither an attorney for the estate nor a White House spokeswoman immediately responded to messages from The Associated Press.

Prince died in 2016 from an accidental fentanyl overdose at his Paisley Park complex in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

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Not at his rallies: Trump is being warned by Prince's estate not to use Purple Rain or any other songs from his vast catalog at campaign events

Steven Tyler hit out at the president and demanded that he stop using the band's songs at his rallies in August.

Livin' On The Edge, Aerosmith's 1993 hit, was most recently played before the president's rally at the Charleston Civic Center in West Virginia that month.

Tyler took to Twitter to express his continued frustration at Trump for using the band's songs.

'This is not about Dems Vs Repub,' he wrote. 'I do not let anyone use my songs without my permission.'

'My music is for causes not for political campaigns or rallies. Protecting copyright and songwriters is what I've been fighting for even before this current administration took office.'

Tyler took his fight beyond Twitter, sending a cease and desist letter to the White House.

Dina LaPolt, Tyler's attorney, argued that playing any of the band's songs gives the 'false impression' that they support the president.

'As we have made clear numerous times, Mr Trump is creating the false impression that our client has given his consent for the use of his music, and even that he endorses the presidency of Mr Trump,' LaPolt wrote in a letter to the White House obtained by NBC.  

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'By using Livin' On The Edge without our client's permission, Mr Trump is falsely implying that our client, once again, endorses his campaign and/or his presidency, as evidenced by actual confusion seen from the reactions of our client's fans all over social media.'  

In 2015 the Aerosmith leader demanded that Trump, then running for the Republican candidacy, stop playing the hit Dream On.

Tyler argued that Trump needed 'written permission' in order to use his music and that the Republican candidate was violating his copyright.

He was so enraged by the ordeal that Broadcast Music, Inc, one of four United States performing rights organizations, pulled the song's public performance rights.

A number of artists have publicly stated that they do not want Trump to use their music, including Adele, Twisted Sister, R.E.M, and George Harrison's estate.