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# Axl Rose Calls Apple’s Tim Cook ‘Donald Trump Of Music’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/axl-rose-calls-apples-tim-cook-donald-trump-of-music/
- Published: 2018-03-08T10:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-03-08T10:45:00.000Z
- Description: Axl Rose has long been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump; so it's worth noting when the Guns 'N Roses frontman likens Apple CEO Tim Cook's relationship with the music. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2018/03/axl-rose-calls-apples-tim-cook-donald-trump-of-music.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, Streaming, music, music industry, musician, musicians, Trump. Apple, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:05

[![Axl Rose](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb09f9bffa970d-200wi "Axl Rose")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb09f9bffa970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Axl Rose has long been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump; so it's worth noting when the Guns 'N Roses frontman likens Apple CEO Tim Cook's relationship with the music industry to the controversial president.Axl Rose took to Twitter yesterday to call Apple's Tim Cook the "Donald Trump of the music industry." Other than Rose's longstanding disdain for Donald Trump, Rose's diss came without context or explanation.

> Tim Cook is the Donald Trump of the music industry.  
>  
> — Axl Rose (@axlrose) [March 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/axlrose/status/971602735144435713?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=hypebot.com)

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