Eminem sends Vivek Ramaswamy cease and desist to stop performing ‘Lose Yourself’ while campaigning

Eminem told Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to stop losing himself in the rapper’s music while campaigning this 2024 election cycle. The musician’s licenser, BMI, contacted the GOP hopeful, warning him to stop rapping the lyrics during his bid for president.

The former biotech entrepreneur notably rapped “Lose Yourself” while at the Iowa State Fair in August and was given a cease-and-desist letter from both the rapper’s management and BMI on Aug. 23.

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“BMI has received communication from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign’s use of Eminem’s musical compositions,” the letter said.

The letter added, “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 Republican candidate responded on social media.

“Will The REAL Slim Shady Please Stand Up? He didn’t just say what I think he did, did he?” Ramaswamy said.

Ramaswamy fans responded to Eminem’s request by posting videos of the candidate rapping.

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“I think we can all appreciate Eminem’s efforts to help get Vivek to stop rapping on the campaign trail,” former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis quipped on social media.

Before the Republican presidential candidate was a wealthy biotech businessman, he performed as a rap artist while at Harvard University undergrad. His stage name was “Da Vek.” The song “Lose Yourself” came out in 2002, just a year before Ramaswamy started attending Harvard.