The rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar shook the hip-hop neighborhood to its core. However after the Canadian rapper determined to take issues out the sales space and into the courts, many are questioning what his actual motivation is.
Since Drake has filed a proper swimsuit towards UMG and different music teams, he’s claimed the defendants conspired to “defame” and “harrass” him after Lamar dropped “Not Like Us” final yr. The smash diss monitor surpassed 1 billion streams in 11 months and received 5 Grammys, so when the largest tune within the nation goes stay on the Tremendous Bowl and the group is screaming “a minorrrrrr,” what was Drizzy to do?
That’s when he took authorized motion. In January, Drake sued UMG and different music teams amidst what he says is “defamation” and “harassment.” Based on the swimsuit, UMG helped launch a marketing campaign to advertise the award-winning diss monitor in efforts to damage his repute and profession. However since then, followers and critics have been given him the facet eye.
On X, of us had inventive nicknames for the “Hotline Bling” singer. “Somebody please remind Drake that he’s suing for defamation… over rap lyrics it ,” @birdie_raven7 tweeted. “Can this hip hop Karen be f*****g severe for a second?” UMG shares an analogous sentiment, in accordance with their authorized response to the swimsuit. “As a substitute of accepting the loss just like the unbothered rap artist he typically claims to be, he has sued his personal document label in a misguided try and salve his wounds,” it mentioned.
Diss tracks are very important piece of the hip-hop pie, and with Drake suing UMG, followers of each rappers proceed to debate whether or not Drizzy is justified. @WickedNFine wrote “Drake can’t ever name himself a ‘rapper’” once more after suing over Lamar’s diss. As many proceed saying Drake made the flawed transfer taking the authorized route, there are some who’re on Drizzy’s facet.
“Drake has been in battles with half of rap business and by no means sued,” @WavesByOshea mentioned. “However the label began doing s**t to mess up his cash. Y’all n****s would sue too.” However outdoors of simply shedding cash, Drake says the lyrics like “Licensed Lover Boy? Licensed pedophiles” and “Tryna ring a bell and it’s most likely A-Minor” within the document have been geared toward his repute and character.
Miss Krystle, an leisure lawyer who has offered authorized perception into the Drake and Kendrick feud by way of her YouTube channel, mentioned, “Drake has filed this lawsuit, made all these allegations.” She continued, “So now he has to show it. And he has to show it by going and getting all of this info.”
The Odierno Regulation Agency, P.C. mentioned, “Heres the deal while you’re a public persona… you need to present that the assertion was made with precise malice,” he contined. “In a case like this, they’re serving to every othe promote recprds. There’s actually no harm to one another.
The authorized battle continues to be in its early levels. Nevertheless it seems like Drake and UMG are each invested within the outcomes of the case. Fortunately for Lamar, he’s not a defendant, so he can proceed reaping the advantages of his Grammy Award profitable tune.