Bruno Mars Tells Harper to Stop Performing âUptown Funkâ
Lawyers for Atlantic Records have warned Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to cease and desist singing the Bruno Mars hit âUptown Funkâ in public. âHe ainât got no funk, man. Noneâ¦atâ¦all,â Young Jeezy, Atlantic Vice President of A&R, told the L.A. Times today. âI mean I was watchinâ video of him do some gig for all these stuffed people and I was dyinâ manâ¦I was cryinâ it was so bad.â âBut fuck, I wasnât laughinâ when he started tryinâ to sing Brunoâs Uptown Funk.â âI knew I had to slap that guy down when he started to danceâ¦oh man oh man oh man.â  Prime Minister Harper has frequently taken to stages to sing and play the electric organ for Conservative Party members and big business leaders. In a 2014 visit to Israel, Harper wowed a Tel Aviv crowd by singing a medley of Jewish folk songs, then breaking into pop songs and finishing with Helen Reddyâs 1975 hit âYou and Me Against the Worldâ, which reportedly brought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to tears. The Times is reporting that calls to ask the Canadian Prime Ministerâs office about Atlanticâs demand were put on hold and the background music was âan off-tune man singing the lyrics âIâm too hot (hot damn)â¦Say my name you know who I amâ, lyrics from Mars hit song. âLook, if Canadaâs man wants to sing it in the shower, all good,â said Jeezy. âHe sings it within 10 feet of a microphone, Iâm suinâ his amateur ass.â