Isaac Hayes estate sues Trump after deadline passes to stop using hit song ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’ at rallies

Left: Grammy award winning musician Isaac Hayes in May of 2000(Scott Weiner / MediaPunch /IPX). Right: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, is introduced alongside Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, during the Republican National Convention, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee (AP Photo/Paul Sancya).

Left: Grammy award winning musician Isaac Hayes in May of 2000 (Scott Weiner / MediaPunch /IPX). Right: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, is introduced alongside Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, during the Republican National Convention, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee (AP Photo/Paul Sancya).

Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign over the weekend responded to a lawsuit filed by the estate of soul musician Isaac Hayes over allegations the candidate has been using the 1966 Sam and Dave song “Hold On, I’m Comin’” at campaign events without permission.

Isaac Hayes III, the son of the late songwriter — who co-penned the song with David Porter — announced the lawsuit in early August.

Last week, a federal judge in Georgia set an emergency hearing after the estate requested an emergency injunction to stop Trump, and various related entities, from using the song.

On Saturday, in a 23-page filing, Trump’s campaign argued that Hayes’ estate “failed to meet any of the well-established requirements on which the extraordinary relief of a preliminary injunction must be grounded.” Central to the defense’s argument is the claim that Hayes’ estate does not even own the copyright to the disputed song.

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