Eminem Is Stopping Republican Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy From Using His Music After That ‘Lose Yourself’ Performance

etcanada.com:

Eminem doesn’t want Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to use his music anymore. Ramaswamy hit headlines earlier this month after performing Eminem’s 2002 hit “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair.

Music rights management service BMI have since sent Ramaswamy’s campaign a letter to notify them that Marshall Mathers — a.k.a.

Eminem — had taken action against them and was objecting to their use of his musical compositions, Deadline reported. READ MORE: Eminem Surprises Crowd At Ed Sheeran Concert In Detroit With ‘Lose Yourself’ Performance BMI attorney, Pamela Williams, told the campaign that Eminem’s music was also being removed from a BMI license agreement with the campaign. “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,” Williams wrote.

During his undergrad days at Harvard University, Ramaswamy was thought to have been a rapper and went by the name Da Vek, Politico previously reported. READ MORE: Eminem’s Daughter Alaina Scott Reveals Her Dad Walked Her Down The Aisle At Her Wedding: ‘He Wasn’t Going To Miss That’ Eminem is the latest in a long line of artists to take action against Republican politicians for using their music.