Vivek Ramaswamy is responding after Eminem threatened to take the Republican presidential candidate to court for rapping his 2002 song 'Lose Yourself.'
When asked about a recent cease-and-desist letter sent from Eminem's performing rights organization BMI, RamaswamyThe 38-year-old added, "...but I'll just say, will the real Slim Shady please stand up?" — a reference to the rapper's 2000 song "The Real Slim Shady."
"Will The REAL Slim Shady Please Stand Up? He didn’t just say what I think he did, did he?" he wrote alongside a grinning face with sweat emoji on Monday, tagging Eminem.The controversy stems from Ramaswamy's appearance at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Aug. 12, when he rapped the lyrics to "Lose Yourself" while campaigning on stage.
"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 added.
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