阿姆告诉总统候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米停止在竞选中使用他的音乐。
在一封写给Ramaswamy竞选律师的信中，音乐许可商Broadcast Music，Inc .在这位说唱歌手本人联系该公司后，撤销了使用阿姆音乐的权利。
“这封信起到了通知的作用……身体质量指数收到了马歇尔·b·马瑟斯三世的来信，他在专业上被称为阿姆，反对维韦克·拉马斯瓦米竞选团队使用阿姆的音乐作品，”信的开头写道。
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《华盛顿邮报》的西奥·沃戈/盖蒂图片社和丽贝卡·格拉茨
“‘从今天起，身体质量指数将认为Vivek 2024运动对Eminem作品的任何表演都是对协议的实质性违反，身体质量指数保留对此的所有权利和补救措施，”信中继续说道。
《每日邮报》最先报道了这则日期为8月23日的通知，就在拉马斯瓦米在爱荷华州博览会。
“维韦克刚刚登上舞台，尽情释放自己。让美国人民懊恼的是，我们将不得不把说唱留给真正的苗条黑幕，”Ramaswamy的发言人Tricia McLaughlin在谈到身体质量指数的信时告诉ABC新闻。
拉马斯瓦米在一篇2006年面试他母校的报纸《哈佛深红》(the Harvard Crimson)称，《迷失自我》(Lose Yourself)是他说唱歌手的另一个自我“达·维克”(Da Vek)的经典之作。
“我认为应该强迫孩子们听它，”当时21岁的Ramaswamy说。“当然是编辑过的版本。”
将近17年后，拉马斯瓦米告诉美国广播公司新闻，当被问及这首歌是否仍是他的国歌时，他将承诺参加阿姆的卡拉ok会，这一计划现在似乎已经停止。
“在跟上我的音乐方面，我还没有达到我的巅峰，但是……我可能会成为美国历史上最好的总统候选人，唱阿姆的《迷失自我》(Lose Yourself)的现在或未来卡拉ok[版本]，”他在7月份说。“我会承诺的。”
Eminem tells Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music after viral rap performance
Eminem has told presidential candidateVivek Ramaswamyto stop using his music on the campaign trail.
In a letter addressed to the Ramaswamy campaign’s attorney, music licenser Broadcast Music, Inc. revoked rights to use Eminem’s music after the rapper himself contacted the company.
"This letter serves as notice … 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 letter began.
“'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 continued.
First reported in the Daily Mail, the notice, dated Aug. 23, came just 11 days after Ramaswamy’s viral impromptu “Lose Yourself” performance at theIowa State Fair.
“Vivek just got on the stage and cut loose. To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real slim shady," Ramaswamy spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told ABC News regarding the letter from BMI.
Ramaswamy said in a2006 interviewwith his alma mater’s newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, that “Lose Yourself” was a go-to for his rapper alter ego “Da Vek.”
“I think that children should be forced to listen to it,” a then 21-year-old Ramaswamy said. “The edited version, of course.”
Nearly 17 years later, Ramaswamy told ABC News he would commit to an Eminem karaoke session when asked if the song was still his anthem -- plans that now seem halted.
“I’ve kind of not been at the top of my game in keeping up with my music, but … I would probably be the presidential candidate in U.S. history that would do a best now or future karaoke [version] of Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself,’” he said in July. “I'll commit to that.”
