The O’Jays MAD As HELL At Trump, See How They Let Him HAVE IT After He…

Posted On : July 21, 2016

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Unfortunately, Donald Trump has just added The O’Jays to his growing list of singers who are highly pissed with him and this time it looks like Trump done messed with the WRONG ones! The O’Jays did not keep it politically correct (like some of the other artists have) in the statement they’ve just released to blast Trump for his “divisive” political message and also for yet again, the RNC’s blatant unauthorized usage of another song…The O’Jays’ “Love Train.”
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Well Eddie Levert and Walter Williams, made it known to Trump and the world, that they’re not parking their “Love Train” nowhere near Trump and do NOT appreciate him, nor the RNC, for jackin’ it:

Via Billboard: In a statement to press, the legendary vocal group’s founding members Eddie Levert and Walter Williams decried the different versions of the song that have been used in Trump’s campaign and this week’s GOP Convention in Cleveland, including one reworking as “Trump Train.”

“Our music, and most especially, ‘Love Train’ is about bringing people together, not building walls.” said Williams in a statement. “I don’t appreciate being associated with Mr. Trump and his usage of our music without permission.”

The O’Jays were formed just an hour’s drive from the convention in Canton, Ohio, and according to a press release “flatly rejected” an offer to perform at the event “in light of their personal beliefs that the candidacy of Trump is divisive and at odds with the overriding message of their song.”

Levert added, “I don’t agree, whatsoever, with Trump’s politics to the point where I think he just may be the anti-Christ.”

Wow, the O’Jays sure did speak their minds, didn’t they?

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Rock group, Queen, made it clear that their music was NOT authorized by them for RNC and do not want it played there

Why doesn’t the RNC just get permission from music artists who actually approve of Trump’s political messages?

So far they’ve been jackin’ the wrong ones- the rock group, Queen; Adele; EW&F; even the widow and family of the late Italian opera singer, Luciano Pavarotti, released an angry statement after the RNC stole their music and said ‘the “values of brotherhood and solidarity” that Pavarotti expressed in his career “are incompatible with the world vision proposed” by Trump.’

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Family of opera singer, Luciano Pavarotti, also angry RNC illegally used his music to back Trump’s message

Outside of country music, it’s probably difficult for the RNC to find many artists of various genres who would approve their music for this year’s RNC, because even though there are some artists of other genres who are Trump supporters, they know that publicly throwing their support behind him, could possibly be career suicide.

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