{"id":599459,"date":"2026-05-23T08:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599459\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T08:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T08:02:08","slug":"derby-city-council-defends-use-of-dr-dre-track-at-mayor-handover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/599459\/","title":{"rendered":"Derby City Council defends use of Dr Dre track at mayor handover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for Derby City Council said: &#8220;The annual Mayor Making ceremony includes a brief musical selection chosen by both the outgoing and incoming mayors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This personal touch is co-ordinated with the civic team in advance to bring a light-hearted element to an otherwise formal and traditional event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;On this occasion, only a short instrumental segment was played during the ceremony, which does not represent an endorsement of the full track or its lyrics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The focus of the event remains on celebrating the transition of office and the outgoing mayor&#8217;s dedicated service, having worked tirelessly for the community over the past year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We support our civic leaders in bringing their own personalities and a modern twist to these historic roles.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for Derby City Council said: &#8220;The annual Mayor Making ceremony includes a brief musical selection chosen&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-599459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}