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Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. in Atlanta has banned Donald Trump from using Isaac Hayes’ song “Hold On, I’m Coming” even though his lawyer said the late singer would have allowed it.
Hayes’ estate wants to stop the Trump campaign from using his songs. The singer’s son, Isaac Hayes III, shared on social media that he sent a cease and desist letter to the Trump campaign, along with a demand for $3 million in royalties and $150,000 for each time the song is used.
Trump’s attorney William Bradley Carver Sr. filed a response to the injunction, stating that the two were friends and that Hayes would not care if Trump used his song.
Carver said Hayes would not “object to the use of this song in a Republican political campaign.”
Carver’s court filing also included a letter from Sam Moore of the R&B duo Sam & Dave — Hayes wrote and produced songs for the duo.
In the letter, Moore wrote:
“I would like the Court to note that there is good reason to reject the assumptions that Plaintiff makes regarding Isaac Hayes’ political views.”
“In fact, when Isaac Hayes was alive, my wife Joyce and I went to Columbia, South Carolina to perform at Lee Atwater’s 20th High School Reunion when he was Chairman of the Republican National Committee.”
“Isaac was also involved in an album project for Lee Atwater with Billy Preston, Chuck Jackson, Carla Thomas and myself. Isaac had no negative views of the Republican Party or the Republican Party while he was alive.”
According to another social media post by Isaac Hayes, “Donald Trump, @realdonaldtrump, RNC, Trump, Trump for President Inc. 2024, Turning Point and NEA are due to appear in court on September 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Atlanta.”
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