The lawsuit filed by Drake towards Common Music Group was amended Wednesday (April 16) to incorporate a brand new grievance, particularly that the music label used Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy wins and his Tremendous Bowl halftime present efficiency of “Not Like Us” to advertise the only and injury his repute additional. The brand new addition makes the swimsuit 107 pages in whole to account for brand spanking new allegations.
The brand new grievance states that the halftime efficiency by Kendrick Lamar, which was seen by 133 million individuals “together with thousands and thousands of kids,” who had “by no means earlier than heard the track or any of the songs that preceded it. It was the primary, and can hopefully be the final, Tremendous Bowl halftime present orchestrated to assassinate the character of one other artist.” It goes on to allege that Kendrick Lamar purposefully excluded the phrase “pedophile” from the track, stating that “on info and perception” that he wouldn’t have been capable of carry out with out that exclusion. The swimsuit additionally claims that UMG prompted intentional hurt by negotiating the efficiency and selling it afterward, in addition to citing that using a photograph of his Toronto residence led to a taking pictures incident days after the discharge.
The authorized workforce for Drake additionally claimed that UMG CEO Lucian Grainge hugged and gave a high-five to Dr. Dre as “Not Like Us” performed on the Grammy Awards (a YouTube clip of the interplay that was posted doesn’t have the track within the background, nonetheless) and that the group was singing alongside to “Not Like Us,” which might win Tune and Report of the Yr. One other allegation that continues to be is that bots have been utilized by UMG to push the track on streaming platforms like Spotify. The declare was initially floated by an undisclosed one who appeared on DJ Akademiks’ present to say he was paid to push the songs by Interscope.
UMG issued a prolonged and bruising response to the amended grievance shortly after, writing partially: “Two weeks in the past, his representatives celebrated a ‘win’: the granting of a routine discovery movement. That ‘win’ will change into a loss if this frivolous and reckless lawsuit shouldn’t be dropped in its entirety as a result of Drake will personally be topic to discovery as properly. Because the outdated saying goes, ‘watch out what you want for.’”
Drake Claims UMG Used Kendrick Lamar Grammy To Defame Him
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