Drake Cries Defamation Over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Diss
Drake has fired off a second motion in opposition to Common Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s seething diss observe “Not Like Us.” Within the newest submitting, the Toronto rap star accuses the previous Prime Dawg Leisure MC of defamation for “falsely accusing him of being a intercourse offender.”
Within the swimsuit, Drake notes that UMG knew “Not Like Us” falsely accused him of being a “licensed pedophile” and “predator” however selected to maneuver ahead with the discharge anyway.
“UMG … might have refused to launch or distribute the track or required the offending materials to be edited and/or eliminated,” Drake’s attorneys wrote. “However UMG selected to do the alternative. UMG designed, financed after which executed a plan to show ‘Not Like Us’ right into a viral mega-hit with the intent of utilizing the spectacle of hurt to Drake and his companies to drive shopper hysteria and, after all, huge revenues. That plan succeeded, seemingly past UMG’s wildest expectations.”
Very similar to Monday’s (November 25) submitting, the brand new petition isn’t precisely a lawsuit—it’s a “pre-action submitting” aimed taking depositions from key figures at UMG and iHeart in an effort to gather extra knowledge that might help Drake’s accusations in a future lawsuit.
Drake has already accused UMG of illegally boosting “Not Like Us” with funds to Spotify, and he leveled related claims in Texas courtroom relating to iHeartRadio. The brand new submitting, filed late Monday (November 25) and made public on Tuesday (November 26), allege UMG “funneled funds” to iHeart as a part of a “pay-to-play scheme” to advertise the track on radio.
UMG responded to Drake’s submitting on Tuesday in an announcement that learn, “The suggestion that UMG would do something to undermine any of its artists is offensive and unfaithful. We make use of the best moral practices in our advertising and promotional campaigns. No quantity of contrived and absurd authorized arguments on this pre-action submission can masks the truth that followers select the music they wish to hear.”
The Hip-Hop group is shocked by Drake’s conduct, with some calling it the most important “L” of his profession.
