2024 Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy has been using music from Eminem throughout his campaign, even performing the songs himself on the campaign trail. But unfortunately for Ramaswamy, Eminem is not going to allow him to do that anymore.
According to a report from The Daily Mail, Eminem has had a cease and desist letter sent to Vivek Ramaswamy and his campaign demanding that he stop using his music on the campaign trail.
“The rapper Eminem reached out to the music licenser BMI and asked that the Ramaswamy campaign’s license to use his music be revoked, according to a letter obtained by DailyMail.com,” the outlet reported on Monday.
“In a letter dated August 23, a representative for BMI informed the campaign’s lawyer that the label had ‘received communications 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.”
Ramaswamy made headlines when he performed the Eminem song “Lose Yourself” spontaneously at the Iowa State Fair. But after this strong legal move from Eminem and his lawyers, it sounds like those performances are going to have to stop.
