Eminem and Vivek Ramaswamy reignite the battle between pop stars and politicians

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By Ian Youngs and Mark SavageBBC News
Whenever election time rolls around, chances are a politician will try to glean his credibility by using a pop song during campaign - only for the star who recorded it to "forbid" it.
The latest example came when biotech multimillionaire and potential Republican candidate in the United States, Vivek Ramaswamy, launched into Eminem's Lose Yourself on stage at the Iowa State Fair earlier this month.< /p>
At least the 38-year-old can call himself a true fan. He chose the 2002 hit as his "theme song of his life" while studying at Harvard in 2006, and often sang it at open mic parties and karaoke bars.
"Honestly, I saw myself succeeding because of American capitalism, and that's why Eminem's story resonated with me," Ramaswamy recently told Politico.
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"He grows up in caravans, with a single mother, and he wants to get by… I didn't grow up in a caravan, but I didn't no longer grew up in the same circumstances as most of my peers at Harvard. yearned to achieve what many of their parents did. That spoke to me a bit, I would say.

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Eminem and Vivek Ramaswamy reignite the battle between pop stars and politicians

Eminem speaks onstage during the 37th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Microsoft Theater on November 5, 2022

By Ian Youngs and Mark SavageBBC News

Whenever election time rolls around, chances are a politician will try to glean his credibility by using a pop song during campaign - only for the star who recorded it to "forbid" it.

The latest example came when biotech multimillionaire and potential Republican candidate in the United States, Vivek Ramaswamy, launched into Eminem's Lose Yourself on stage at the Iowa State Fair earlier this month.< /p>

At least the 38-year-old can call himself a true fan. He chose the 2002 hit as his "theme song of his life" while studying at Harvard in 2006, and often sang it at open mic parties and karaoke bars.

"Honestly, I saw myself succeeding because of American capitalism, and that's why Eminem's story resonated with me," Ramaswamy recently told Politico.

"He grows up in caravans, with a single mother, and he wants to get by… I didn't grow up in a caravan, but I didn't no longer grew up in the same circumstances as most of my peers at Harvard. yearned to achieve what many of their parents did. That spoke to me a bit, I would say.