Drake filed a federal lawsuit in opposition to Common Music Group (UMG) for defamation over a diss observe on Wednesday (Jan. 15).
The go well with claims that the corporate’s assist of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” prioritized “company greed over the protection and well-being of its artists.” Mockingly, UMG is the father or mother firm of each the report labels Drake and Kendrick Lamar are signed to.
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The diss observe (launched Might 4, 2024) was only one songs of a number of launched in the course of the weeks lengthy rap battle between the 2 artists. “Not Like Us” labels Drake a pedophile, accuses him of cultural appropriation, and extra.
The observe topped the Billboard Scorching 100, spent 20 weeks at No. 1 on the Scorching Rap Songs chart, and earned 5 Grammy nominations.
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In line with experiences, Drake’s lawsuit specifies that the case just isn’t about Kendrick, however as an alternative geared toward UMG for,”approv[ing] publish[ing], and launch[ing] a marketing campaign to show the track right into a viral sensation,” regardless of its defamatory content material.
“UMG deliberately sought to make Drake a pariah, a goal for harassment, or worse,” the criticism states, “This was not accomplished out of any perception within the accusations, however solely for monetary achieve on the expense of Drake’s repute.”
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UMG responded to the go well with saying, “Not solely are these claims unfaithful, however the notion that we might search to hurt the repute of any artist — not to mention Drake — is illogical…We have now invested massively in his music…All through his profession, Drake has deliberately and efficiently used UMG to distribute his music and poetry to have interaction in conventionally outrageous back-and-forth ‘rap battles’ to precise his emotions about different artists. He now seeks to weaponize the authorized course of to silence an artist’s inventive expression and to hunt damages from UMG for distributing that artist’s music.”
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