Donald Trump could be on the brink of being sued for using the Village People’s “YMCA” at campaign rallies. The song – which, as we all know, is definitely not about gay sex – has been used repeatedly by the soon-to-be-former president at rallies, despite pleas from the Village People for him to stop using it. On Tuesday, Donald Trump tweeted a haunting, disturbing mega-mix video of himself dancing to “YMCA” at various campaign rallies – and now lawyers for the Village People are planning to submit a complaint over his use of the song, Agence France-Presse reports. In a statement, Jonathan Belolo, son of Village People founding member Henri Belolo, hit out at Trump for his “illicit appropriation” of the song, as reported by Huffington Post. Jonathan Belolo, who is also president of the French record label Scorpio Music, said: “The beneficiaries of (band co-founders) Messrs Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, like the company Scorpio Music, owner of the work, discovered with amazement this illicit appropriation, which is more for partisan and electoral purposes of Donald Trump, which they would never have accepted.”
via pinknews: Donald Trump to be sued for using Village People’s YMCA – which definitely isn’t about gay sex – without permission