"Yooooooo! I am a huge fan of Chuck D, Public Enemy, and the Doors, so the last thing that I want to do is interrupt a creative endeavor from two legends that I admire and respect. However, it is important for me to highlight the 25 years I have devoted to building a band/brand, which has found a good bit of success and built a sizable fan base around the globe."
"Those 4 letters 'dope' have been tattooed on my knuckles since 1998. I appropriately registered the artist name dope and I have owned the Trademark, ever since I hit the scene, more than 25 years ago... Unfortunately for Chuck and John, choosing to call themselves doPE would invite a good bit of market confusion, especially on the streaming services like Spotify, where I have more than a million monthly listeners,"
Public Enemy's Chuck D and The Doors' John Densmore formed a new group called doPE and plan to release an album on Record Store Day, with their single "every tick tick tick" named Record Store Day Song of the Year. Edsel Dope of the band Dope expressed admiration for Chuck D and Densmore while asserting ownership of the 'dope' trademark and noting 25 years building the band and brand. Edsel emphasized his trademark registration, tattoos, streaming presence (over one million monthly listeners and hundreds of millions of combined streams), and warned that doPE could cause market confusion on platforms like Spotify. He stated the paperwork is current and his rights are indisputable.
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