Rembrandt
the artist
Allowing the song to be played in full on reaction channels with no modifications or anything. Usually it'll get copyright claimed so the revenue goes to the label but in this case, reactors were able to react and keep the money
Drake Initiates Legal Action Against UMG...files defamation suit against UMG over being a pedophile. Universal responds
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Allowing the song to be played in full on reaction channels with no modifications or anything. Usually it'll get copyright claimed so the revenue goes to the label but in this case, reactors were able to react and keep the money
VegetasHairline
Veteran
This ain’t URL my nikka and even them nikkas don’t go that low… Do you understand the legality of slander? Go ahead and slander someone name while making money off it and see what happens..
And what drake say to take it there? He called Kenny a pedo? Lmaoo
if you're saying URL doesnt go that low, i'm inclined to believe you never seriously watched URL. them nikkas will jump on ANY shred of dirt available if it'll help them steal a round.
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itiswhatitis
All Star
If you think the biggest male artist of the 2000s has a team of public defender ass attorneys to go against the label with the largest market share in music, then I have some Oceanfront property in Idaho I can sell you.
Yall be grown ass men riding for these nikkas which is nuts. Two things can be true. Kendrick won the battle. But Univesal played music industry games so they didn’t have to pay Drake.
Universal did the same thing with Ja and 50, as well with 50 and Kanye.
What they will do is they will let Drake walk before paying what he wants.
2ATMsYouSteppinOrWhat
f*** apologies, i wanna see y’all geeked up
oh okay.
initally when the song was released. Kendrick just released it on his own without the label. just on youtube.
then he put it on dsps like 2 days after from what i remember. I’m guessing thats what you’re referring to?
The song in question is “Not Like Us” (the “Recording”) written and performed by
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (professionally known as Kendrick Lamar).3 The Recording was
intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal
pedophile, and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response. The
Recording is defamatory because its lyrics, its album image (the “Image”), and its music video
(the “Video”) all advance the false and malicious narrative that Drake is a pedophile. The lyrics
repeatedly accuse Drake of engaging in criminal acts, including by calling him a “certified
pedophile[]” and a “predator” who needs to be “placed on neighborhood watch.”4 The Image was
designed to reinforce, and in fact reinforces, that accusation by depicting Drake’s actual Toronto
house covered in the icons that are known to be used by law enforcement (as well as public safety
applications like Citizen) to identify child sex offenders’ residences online. The Video bolsters
the same message by, for example, showing images associated with sex trafficking and juxtaposing
the game of hopscotch with lyrics accusing Drake of “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A-
Minor.”5
This lawsuit is not about the artist who created “Not Like Us.” It is, instead, entirely
about UMG, the music company that decided to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize
allegations that it understood were not only false, but dangerous. As UMG knows and has known
at all relevant times, the Recording, Image, and Video’s allegations are unequivocally false. Drake
is not a pedophile. Drake has never engaged in any acts that would require he be “placed on
neighborhood watch.” Drake has never engaged in sexual relations with a minor. Drake has never
been charged with, or convicted of, any criminal acts whatsoever.
Insane that it's come to this. I'm highly entertained
Kendrick Lamar Duckworth (professionally known as Kendrick Lamar).3 The Recording was
intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal
pedophile, and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response. The
Recording is defamatory because its lyrics, its album image (the “Image”), and its music video
(the “Video”) all advance the false and malicious narrative that Drake is a pedophile. The lyrics
repeatedly accuse Drake of engaging in criminal acts, including by calling him a “certified
pedophile[]” and a “predator” who needs to be “placed on neighborhood watch.”4 The Image was
designed to reinforce, and in fact reinforces, that accusation by depicting Drake’s actual Toronto
house covered in the icons that are known to be used by law enforcement (as well as public safety
applications like Citizen) to identify child sex offenders’ residences online. The Video bolsters
the same message by, for example, showing images associated with sex trafficking and juxtaposing
the game of hopscotch with lyrics accusing Drake of “Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A-
Minor.”5
This lawsuit is not about the artist who created “Not Like Us.” It is, instead, entirely
about UMG, the music company that decided to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize
allegations that it understood were not only false, but dangerous. As UMG knows and has known
at all relevant times, the Recording, Image, and Video’s allegations are unequivocally false. Drake
is not a pedophile. Drake has never engaged in any acts that would require he be “placed on
neighborhood watch.” Drake has never engaged in sexual relations with a minor. Drake has never
been charged with, or convicted of, any criminal acts whatsoever.
Insane that it's come to this. I'm highly entertained
nasty, nasty work.
you fixed your hands to type this bullshyt post, then pressed Post Reply.
High quality poster
Veteran
I guess things must be really bad at ovo
Much worse than we thought.
Much worse than we thought.
Question for the Kendrick apologist, yall not going to address Kenny co-signing a racist Mexican?
Midwest
Hanging em up
Read thru all 81 pages of the bytch made human dog shyt rapper posing as a 
finally came to an end! What a fitting ending. Once y’all read this shyt ain’t nothing can be said after this.
finally came to an end! What a fitting ending. Once y’all read this shyt ain’t nothing can be said after this.
RennisDeynolds
I am untethered and my rage knows no bounds!
I dont think the NFL was ever going to allow the word “pedophile” on their halftime broadcast
Kendrick will just not say anything and let the crowd fill in the blank.
Rembrandt
the artist
It was under UMG on YouTube and was released to DSPs hours laters. They were copyright striking people for recording, smac said he released his reaction and got flagged. He called up Kendrick and them and they fully cleared it for reactions
Knucklehead
HMFIC
Do you guys who are non lawyers who have no experience or knowledge within the music industry whatsoever hesitate for even a second before dropping your “fire takes” on what this all means?
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