I was born in 1969; the year of Woodstock, the vicious Charles Manson murders, and the Stonewall Riots. My early cohort of Generation X were amongst the first Americans to grow up entirely in a ...

The Village People’s lyricist and lead singer has hit out at the “false assumption” that the band’s biggest hit, “YMCA,” is a “gay anthem.” Victor Willis, who headed up the 1970s ...

Over the last few years, Donald Trump has infamously made the Village People’s 1978 hit “Y.M.C.A” his theme song. The group even recently performed the track at several inauguration events.

The Village People’s status as one of the favorite ... “I ask that you no longer use any of my music at your rallies especially ‘YMCA’ and ‘Macho Man,’” he wrote.

By Rania Aniftos Village People frontman Victor Willis is clearing the air after he sent a cease and desist to Jim Jeffries, after the comedian joked on his At This Moment podcast that the 1978 ...

At the end of the rally, Trump was seen making some bizarre arm and leg movements (which several people online referred to as dancing) while the song "Y.M.C.A." by the Village People played in the ...

Village People’s recent incarnation has had a complicated relationship with the “make America great again” movement (Maga). In 2020, their song YMCA began featuring at Maga anti-lockdown rallies and ...

The Village People are also on board to perform at Trump’s inauguration celebrations next week. The disco-era band’s late 1970s hit “YMCA” — widely considered a gay anthem — was ...