Common Music Group is once more clapping again at Drake within the authorized combat over Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us.”
UMG Information Movement to Dismiss Texas Pre-Motion Petition
On Thursday (Jan. 23), legal professionals for UMG filed a 144-page movement requesting the dismissal of Drake’s pre-action petition filed in Texas final November, which accuses the music conglomerate of defamation and colluding with iHeartRadio in a payola scheme to artificially inflate Ok-Dot’s chart-topping diss track. UMG is asking for the dismissal of the case to The Texas Residents Take part Act, which protects residents from retaliatory lawsuits that search to silence them from expressing freedom of speech.
UMG argues that Drake has failed to supply correct proof of his claims that they defamed him by distributing “Not Like Us,” a track that labels Aubrey a baby predator.
“Petitioner [Drake] requests to depose each iHeartMedia and UMG to analyze the connection between iHeartMedia and UMG,” the submitting reads.” However Petitioner doesn’t describe why a deposition of each iHeartMedia’s company consultant and of UMG’s company consultant can be crucial to analyze any alleged settlement between iHeartMedia and UMG respecting “Not Like Us.” With out such rationalization, Petitioner has failed to ascertain any seemingly advantage of a pre-suit deposition of UMG, not to mention present that the advantages outweigh the burdens.”
UMG is asking the choose to dismiss the case and requesting reimbursement of authorized charges. The case is about to be heard in Bexar County Courtroom on Jan. 28.
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Drake Sues UMG in Federal Courtroom
Final November, Drake filed two related pre-action petitions in opposition to UMG, which is his and Kendrick Lamar’s dad or mum document firm. The Canadian rap star filed a petition in New York, which he has since withdrawn, that accused UMG and Spotify of utilizing bots and pay-for-play to spice up Ok-Dot’s Drake diss. The aforementioned Texas petition accused UMG of doing the identical factor with the assistance of iHeartRadio, in addition to defamation.
On Jan. 15, Drake filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to UMG in federal court docket over “Not Like Us.” UMG responded to the swimsuit, telling XXL partially: “We’ve got not and don’t interact in defamation—in opposition to any particular person. On the similar time, we’ll vigorously defend this litigation to guard our individuals and our popularity, in addition to any artist who may immediately or not directly turn into a frivolous litigation goal for having achieved nothing extra that write a track.”
Not less than some authorized consultants say Drake could have a powerful time proving his case in court docket.