エミネムさん、共和党大統領候補に楽曲使用停止を要請

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米ラッパーのエミネムさんはこのほど、米大統領選に共和党から立候補を表明している実業家のビベック・ラマスワミ氏（３８）に対し、選挙キャンペーンで自身の楽曲を使用しないよう正式に要請した。２８日に公表された書簡で明らかになった。（写真は米アイオワ州デモインで、ラップを披露する２０２４年米大統領選で共和党候補指名を争う実業家のビベック・ラマスワミ氏）
　アイオワ州で今月開かれたイベント「アイオワ・ステート・フェア」で、ラマスワミ氏がエミネムさんの「ルーズ・ユアセルフ」を歌っている動画が拡散されていた。
　英紙デーリー・メールが報じ、ＡＦＰが信ぴょう性を確認済みの書簡で演奏権管理団体「放送音楽協会」は、エミネムさんから今後この楽曲の使用停止をラマスワミ氏に求める正式な要請を受けたとしている。
　ハーバード大学を卒業したラマスワミ氏は、自身をドナルド・トランプ前大統領になぞらえ、「トランプ２．０」と自称している。来年の大統領選に向けた共和党の候補者指名争いで、党内支持率３位に浮上している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/08/29-16:44）

Rap star Eminem has formally asked Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop using his music on the campaign trail, according to a letter made public on Monday.
A video of Ramaswamy, who is enjoying a surge in the Republican primary race, singing along to Eminem's Lose Yourself at the Iowa State Fair went viral earlier this month.
In a letter first reported by the Daily Mail, the authenticity of which was confirmed to AFP, music licenser Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) stated that it had received an official request from Eminem demanding that the 38-year-old candidate no longer use his music.
Ramaswamy, who likens himself as Trump 2.0, has risen surprisingly to third place among Republicans who are in the running for the 2024 presidential primary elections.
As an undergraduate at Harvard, his side hustle was rapping libertarian-minded lyrics with the stage name Da Vek.
If you think debater-extraordinaire Vivek G. Ramaswamy '07 is intense, you obviously haven't met Da Vek, The Crimson, Harvard's student newspaper, humorously noted in 2006.
During the last two elections, well-known artists including Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Aerosmith and Adele -- as well as heirs of Prince -- complained that their songs were played at Donald Trump rallies without their permission.
The Rolling Stones even threatened to sue if the Trump campaign continued to use the British group's classic hit You Can't Always Get What You Want.