Drake Proclaims OVO Fest Will Make Triumphant Return In 2025
Drake was a particular visitor at Central Cee’s headlining present on Saturday evening (Could 24) in his hometown of Toronto, the place he proclaimed OVO Fest would return earlier than the tip of the 12 months.
“OVO Fest is again this 12 months,” he advised the gang, though he didn’t supply any additional particulars.
Drake based the music pageant in 2010, however the final iteration of it befell in 2022, when he invited Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Nelly Furtado and extra to hitch him in his metropolis. Previous company embrace The Weeknd, 50 Cent, J. Cole, Huge Sean and Lauryn Hill.
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Drake’s profession has been marred by his now-infamous beef with Kendrick Lamar. It started final 12 months with Lamar’s verse on Future & Metro Boomin’s monitor “Like That.” From there, it exploded into a number of diss tracks firing from each side.
The ultimate installment within the contentious battle, Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” resulted in a profession excessive for the previous High Dawg Leisure artist. Not solely did it land him the coveted Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present gig in February, it additionally earned Lamar 5 Grammy Awards on the 2025 ceremony, together with Report and Tune of the 12 months.
However maybe most significantly, it enraged Drake to the purpose he filed a authorized criticism towards Common Music Group, alleging the corporate enabled the discharge and widespread promotion of “Not Like Us,” which Drake claims falsely portrayed him as a prison and incited public outrage.
In his lawsuit, Drake asserts that UMG “authorised, revealed and launched a marketing campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap monitor” that he argues was designed to convey the “unmistakable and factual allegation that Drake is a prison pedophile,” prioritizing company pursuits over his security and well-being.
He additional expanded his criticism to incorporate UMG’s alleged position in negotiating and selling Lamar’s efficiency of the track at high-profile occasions such because the 2025 Tremendous Bowl and Grammys, contending that these broadcasts launched the allegedly defamatory materials to hundreds of thousands of viewers and led to elevated threats towards him and his household.
UMG has strongly denied Drake’s allegations, calling the claims “completely with out advantage” and arguing that the lyrics in query are protected creative expression typical of aggressive rap battles. The label additionally emphasised that Drake himself has engaged in related lyrical rivalries and that the subjective opinions of on-line commenters don’t represent defamation.
Regardless of UMG’s movement to dismiss, the courtroom has allowed the invention course of to proceed, that means each side should present paperwork and proof associated to the case.
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