Jonathan Belolo: Last News

The record label behind the Village People has said that it plans to sue Donald Trump over his use of ‘YMCA’ in a video he shared on Twitter as the polls opened in the US last week.Speaking to Agence France-Presse, President of French label Scorpio Music, Jonathan Belolo 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 … for [the] partisan and electoral purposes of Donald Trump, which they would never have accepted”.He added that a legal complaint would be submitted in France and the US “in the next few days**”.**Trump’s use of ‘YMCA’ to close his political rallies during his failed campaign

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Primary Wave Music has announced a partnership with the heirs of a producer behind the legendary dance-music group the Village People that involves a stake in the outfit’s brand, master recordings and publishing assets. Songs included in the partnership are such dancefloor icons as “Y.M.C.A.,” “Macho Man,” “In the Navy,” “Go West” and more.