Drake has seemingly been minding his enterprise and never been paying an excessive amount of consideration to Kendrick Lamar’s strikes. Nevertheless, his authorized crew seems to be talking for him. They just lately talked about Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl halftime efficiency in response to a declare made by Common Music Group (UMG).
On Monday, in a letter obtained by XXL, Lawyer Michael J. Gottlieb cited Lamar performing “Not Like Us” in entrance of a global viewers, writing, “Delaying discovery would unfairly prejudice Plaintiff, who is continuous to undergo the implications of UMG’s defamatory marketing campaign. Certainly, on the identical time UMG has been delaying right here, UMG launched new campaigns to additional unfold the defamatory content material, together with on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present, which had over 133.5 million viewers.”
This letter was despatched to Choose Antonio Vargas in response to UMG’s declare that Drake and his authorized crew had been dropping sure allegations of their criticism towards the behemoth music firm. However primarily based on this letter from Gottlieb, they’re not backing down in any respect.
The Toronto rapper initially filed the defamation and harassment go well with in January, accusing UMG of spreading the false narrative that he’s a pedophile by way of Lamar’s now-legendary diss observe. Within the authorized paperwork, Drake’s attorneys make it clear that this lawsuit is just not about Lamar, who wrote and carried out the music, however UMG, whom they declare “noticed a possibility, seized it, and continued to fan the flames.”
The “Gimme a Hug” rapper additionally named a number of web stars and alleged that UMG allowed these personalities to monetize reactions to Lamar’s diss observe with out imposing copyright claims.
He believes that this helped unfold the false claims that he’s a baby predator and is an instance of the corporate prioritizing cash over the 6-God’s fame.
The content material creators implicated within the go well with are a few of the hottest on-line, together with Kai Cenat, NoLifeShaq, RDC Gaming, Cartier Household, and Zias.