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[–] clearedtoland 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vivek would make a perfect Parks and Rec politician.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Veedem 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can’t imagine having to watch this dope live out his child hood fantasies of being slim shady.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

All these other Slim Shady’s are just imitating.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Vivek Ramaswamy thought he could show off his rap “skills” on the campaign trail — but he’s getting a legal halt from Eminem instead.

BMI, the company in charge of Eminem’s compositions, sent a cease and desist letter on Aug. 23 to the Republican presidential hopeful, asking that he stop performing Slim Shady’s tracks.

His response comes after he received a letter from BMI that asked that Eminem’s work be removed from a licensing contract Ramaswamy had in place.

“BMI will consider any performance of the Eminem Works by the Vivek 2024 campaign from this date forward to be a material breach,” the letter read.

To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real slim shady,” a spokesperson for Ramaswamy’s campaign told DailyMail.com Monday.

This story was updated on Aug. 29 at 6:30 pm ET after Vivek Ramaswamy agreed to stop using Eminem’s music on the campaign trail


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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If this dude thinks trump was the best president in the 20th century why is he running against trump?

This question is not my own but it is a great point lol

[–] Ghostalmedia 22 points 1 year ago

This guy is definitely one of those dudes who’s using this campaign to get a cabinet position or a job as a pundit.

[–] NatakuNox 12 points 1 year ago

Vivek single handedly proved not all colored people have rhythm

[–] TokenBoomer 12 points 1 year ago

Macklemore, get ready!

[–] confluence 8 points 1 year ago

I feel like Vivek Ramaswamy bought ancient political data and trained into 2011GPT.

[–] Djennik 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He is the GOP's Kendall Roy

[–] BleepBlip 6 points 1 year ago

Worst Kendall Roy vibes only

[–] Naja_Kaouthia 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah my comments on other posts are landing here. Good times.

[–] MindSkipperBro12 3 points 1 year ago

All the worlds a stage…

And the play is a comedy.

[–] xc2215x 1 points 1 year ago

Good decision from Vivek.