AMERICAN Rapper, Marshall Mathers, also known as Eminem, has cautioned the Republican presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, from using his music while campaign for the 2024 US Presidential election.
Eminem, made this known in a letter sent to Ramaswamy’s campaign team through BMI, the company managing his music rights.
The warning comes after Ramaswamy was spotted, last month at the Iowa State Fair, singing along to Eminem’s Oscar-winning 2002 hit track, “Lose Yourself.”
“This letter serves as notice to you under the BMI Music License for Political Entities or Organizations entered into by Broadcast Music, Inc. (“BMI”) and Vivek 2024 on May 24, 2023 (the “Agreement”) that BMI has received a communication from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign’s use of Eminem’s musical compositions (the “Eminem Works”) and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the Agreement.
“As such, pursuant to Paragraph 2(a) of the Agreement, this letter serves as notice that the Eminem Works are excluded from the Agreement effective immediately.
“BMI will consider any performance of the Eminem Works by the Vivek 2024 campaign from this date forward to be a material breach of the Agreement for which BMI reserves all rights and remedies with respect thereto,” the letter from BMI read.
The use of music for Ramaswamy’s campaign comes as no surprise as the Republican’s love for music dates back to his undergraduate days at Harvard University.
The politician used to rap under the stage name “Da Vek.”