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Miles Archer

(22,506 posts)
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 01:46 AM Yesterday

Guns N' Roses, Grace Jones, & Prince's estate told the First Nude to F*CK OFF, would NOT allow their music in her movie

A producer for the documentary about Melania Trump has named three artists whose music the first lady wanted to include in the film, but was denied.

Marc Beckman, Trump’s manager and the CEO of New York advertising agency DMA United, claimed that he was unable to get permission from Guns N’ Roses, Grace Jones, and Prince’s estate for their music. The reason, he said, was political.

“There was music that we tried to get, but sadly, there were politics to it,” Beckman, who repeatedly insisted that the documentary wasn’t “political,” told Variety.

“For example, the guys from Guns N’ Roses split down the middle politically. There was a beautiful song we wanted to use, and one of the guys — I don’t want to name, it’s not fair —said, ‘You got it. Go.’ And the other one was basically like, ‘There’s just no way.’ We needed everybody’s approval to get it in the film. So Guns N’ Roses was definitely a disappointment for us; we all have a lot of respect for Guns N’ Roses.“

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/melania-producer-names-artists-who-snubbed-first-lady/

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Guns N' Roses, Grace Jones, & Prince's estate told the First Nude to F*CK OFF, would NOT allow their music in her movie (Original Post) Miles Archer Yesterday OP
"There was a beautiful song we wanted to use". Dave Bowman Yesterday #1
Or maybe the one that goes "Immigrants and f@660tz, they make no sense to me" from the Lies EP? AZJonnie Yesterday #3
Yeah, "It's political"! Democracy VS Cha Yesterday #2
Big up our Spanish Town Jamaican Yardie malaise Yesterday #4
Plenty of people hated Trump and anything associated with him long before he ran for president. tanyev Yesterday #5
Perpetually stunned by her handlers insisting the movie isn't "political." Miles Archer Yesterday #6
Be man lies and fabricates just like Trump. yardwork Yesterday #7

AZJonnie

(3,417 posts)
3. Or maybe the one that goes "Immigrants and f@660tz, they make no sense to me" from the Lies EP?
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 03:43 AM
Yesterday

For real though I'm sure it was Sweet Child 'O Mine, and I'm SO GLAD they said F OFF on that one.

Kudos also to Jones and the Estate of His Purple Majesty.

all around!

Cha

(318,052 posts)
2. Yeah, "It's political"! Democracy VS
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 02:50 AM
Yesterday

Fascism.

Mahalo, Prince's Estate, Grace Jones and the "No Way" Guns and Roses musician!

".. Not political.. " Bullshit! people aren't stupid.. so shut up.

malaise

(294,866 posts)
4. Big up our Spanish Town Jamaican Yardie
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 04:30 AM
Yesterday

Grace Jones and the rest of them- say no to fascists.😀

tanyev

(48,996 posts)
5. Plenty of people hated Trump and anything associated with him long before he ran for president.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 08:24 AM
Yesterday

But now they get to blame it all on “politics”.

Miles Archer

(22,506 posts)
6. Perpetually stunned by her handlers insisting the movie isn't "political."
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 08:50 AM
Yesterday

Other than selling crap on her website...just like her husband...I'm unaware of ANY "achievements" she can claim, other than:

1). Her career in the Slovenian Sex Industry, which led to her Einstein Visa for "extraordinary achievement," and...

2). Marrying Trump.

If I missed anything, folks, please let me know.

yardwork

(69,163 posts)
7. Be man lies and fabricates just like Trump.
Tue Feb 24, 2026, 09:27 AM
Yesterday
“Literally we were ready to go, and this lawyer that manages the estate was like, ‘Prince would never want his song associated with Donald Trump.’ And we’re like, ‘But it’s not a Donald Trump film! He comes into the movie once in a while, but this is all about Melania. It’s not political,’” Beckman claimed. “And that guy blocked it. It’s so ridiculous."
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