U.S. rap music star Eminem took New Zealand’s ruling National Party to court on Monday, claiming in a suit that it had no right to use his hit song “Lose Yourself” in 2014 campaign commercials.
If it feels like you’ve heard this song before, it’s because you have. Musicians getting mad over politicians’ unauthorized use of their work is a very familiar tune. They don’t always wind up in court, but since the 1980s, the well-publicized spats have become a campaign staple.
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