Geto Boys’ Willie D to Ted Cruz: ‘You owe us an apology.’
Willie D of the Houston-based hip-hop group Geto Boys told Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga on “Yahoo News Live” that Sen. Ted Cruz owes the group and his fans an apology for using the group’s song in an anti-Hillary Clinton advertisement.
Willie D told Golodryga that the Cruz camp did not alert the Geto Boys before using the song in the ad that is a parody of a scene from the 1999 Mike Judge movie “Office Space.” Willie D said: “I found out like everybody else. This guy didn’t have the common decency to just reach out and say, ‘Hey man, I know you don’t like me. I know I’m the scum of the earth, but please can I use your song?’”
Last week Cruz communications director Rick Tyler spoke to Golodryga and called the ad “creative.” Willie D’s response: “I think it’s blasphemy. Our fans and the fans of ‘Office Space,’ Mike Judge, they have an image of great art in their head and when he put that ad out, it pretty much blemished that image. Now it’s associated with some garbage.”
Willie D does not relate to Cruz’s family story either. He said, “I just don’t see how this guy could be emotional or empathetic towards anybody because I don’t believe he’s all the way human. I don’t even think the dude has a heart.” He continued, “I think he’s the Tin Man. I don’t think he has a heart. He’s a self-aggrandizing, insufferable douchebag.”
The hip-hop artist did not know much about Senator Cruz before the advertisement came out. Why? He said, “Nobody really pays attention to Ted Cruz.” He continued, “Even Donald Trump doesn’t like him. … That says a lot for Donald Trump, to say somebody doesn’t like somebody with all of the people who don’t like him. That says a lot. This guy is even less likeable than Donald Trump.”
Willie D’s message to Senator Cruz: “You owe us an apology. You owe our fans an apology. I want an apology, Ted.”
He concluded: “To say that we should be grateful for someone basically taking a dump on our music. That’s saying that imagine if somebody mugs you and then they told you, ‘Well, you should be happy that you got mugged.’ At least people know who you are now. That’s crazy.”
