Former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023.
REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his presidential campaign, according to a letter disclosed on Monday.
"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 composition (the "Eminem Works") and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the Agreement," BMI says in the letter.
Ramaswamy's campaign told CNN it will comply with the request to stop using Eminem's music.
The 38-year-old tech entrepreneur was at the center of many of last week's first Republican primary debate's most dramatic moments.
Persons:
Vivek Ramaswamy, Brian Snyder, Eminem, Ramaswamy's, Marshall B, Mathers, III, Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler
Organizations:
Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Daily Mail, BMI, CNN, Florida Governor, Trump, Fox News, Thomson
Locations:
Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Florida, Washington