Drake Initiates Legal Action Against UMG

[Blessings]

Gilbert Arenas talked about this on recent ep of his pod. He won 3 defamation suits too so he has some credibility and experience and pointed out the certified pedophile part. Rashad tried to say Kendrick said it as a question but Gil said he made a statement after questioning the loverboy part right before

Kendrick mentioned baka with history of sex trafficking
+ technically said “pedophiles” Plural
+ the album art has multiple pins indicating multiple pedophiles

Gil was still misinformed and ignorant during that dialogue

 

[Blessings]

We have some of the strictest libel laws in the world in the UK, but everyone knows the easiest way round any sort of litigation is to say "I hear you like 'em young" rather than "I know you like 'em young".

An accusation isn't technically being made, it's just being reported as existing in the wild.

Tabloids have been getting away with "Many people are saying..." and "Sources close to a celebrity have told us..." for decades.

Its also strict in the US
This is an ego/PR lawsuit hoping to negotiate to push a narrative of negotiation = WIN validating everything Drake claimed


When we all know UMG don’t want to open up their operations and will likely negotiate


This is MAGA, QAnon, Kony misinformation BS from Drake’s camp smh

 

[ReasonableMatic]

 

[Artificial Intelligence]

All NLI royalties are coming to ovo

the boy really did it

 

[TheAlbionist]

Gilbert Arenas talked about this on recent ep of his pod. He won 3 defamation suits too so he has some credibility and experience and pointed out the certified pedophile part. Rashad tried to say Kendrick said it as a question but Gil said he made a statement after questioning the loverboy part right before

According to Genius it's "Certified Pedophiles", so can argue it's generally sprayed at OVO as a whole rather than aimed at Drake?

Plus it comes right after mentions of Partynextdoor and Baka - and he starts those accusations with "They tell me..."

It didn't hit me as a question tbh but I do think there's enough clouding it as a direct accusation against Drake the individual for a court to brush it off as soon as a decent lawyer breaks it down.

 

[iliketurtles]

Drake trying to sue makes it clear he was never hip hop and has just been using the culture to make money. It is against hip hop to diss somebody then run to the court crying defamation after you get dissed back. Drake should be persona non grata in hop hop but he will probably get a pass for this hoe shyt too.

He just trolled his release it's not that serious

 

[ReasonableMatic]

Drake trying to sue makes it clear he was never hip hop and has just been using the culture to make money. It is against hip hop to diss somebody then run to the court crying defamation after you get dissed back. Drake should be persona non grata in hop hop but he will probably get a pass for this hoe shyt too.

 

[MarcP]

Does Drake have Mal in a slave deal? Why is he eating dikk like this?

Somehow Mal believed up to this point that the beef didn't hurt Drake but now believes it did 2 billion in damages to his career. This nikka might have CTE.

 

[LuuqMaan]

Someone take the Roc chain from this dude.

 

[Big Boss]

Let’s say you own UMG and Kendrick and Drake are both signed to you.

When you see the world’s reaction to Like That, do you not bush your negotiations to see how it plays out? This might make Drake even bigger or damage his career.

Obviously you let the beef play out before you over pay him right? His value might take a huge loss depending on how this plays out. You might get him for a discount


Now your the label, and Euphoria is trending more Push Ups. What do you do? Do you remain neutral or pick a side?

Obviously you remain neutral..


When we get to Not Like Us vs Family Matters the you see Not Like Us is bigger than a diss record. So what do you do?


The same thing you did for Gods Plan, Rich Flex, Hot Line Bling, One Dance.

Drakes problem isn’t that the label did him dirty. His problem is his ego. He can’t believe he lost.

The label invested in a radio friendly song. They could have gave Spotify 100% discount. People still have to LISTEN to the song..

Facts

 

[Sauce and Footwork]

Jokes aside, what Drake is doing is the sensible thing.

Defamation is a tricky topic. By not taking any action, he kind of leaves himself exposed to claims in the future. Even if they're caught lying, they'll argue that he was not defamed because the world already viewed him as a pedo.

We live in a time where this shyt can spread like wildfire so it behoves him to get ahead of it.

“UMOJA” are you even real?

 

[Knucklehead]

If you’re not a lawyer or directly quoting a lawyer with relevant expertise it may be best to just not weigh in with your expert takes. The Tory case is proof of this.

Someone who’s never watched film is not gonna weigh in on two high safety coverage vs single high cover 3 and expect to be taken seriously.

 

[Claudex]

So battles should only happen in URL and on the battle forums now. Wow.
It's wild seeing black men trying to switch up the hip-hop game like this. This is unprecedented.

So from now on bringing shyt on wax is a no no. You wanna battle someone you need to create a specific event to do so...damn.

No accountability at all. Let them say it Kendrick set out to destroy Drake intentionally. You let them say it and they'll promise you that Kendrick went up to UMG and promised them that with their help Drake was gonna be destroyed and that's how it all started.

This is utterly disgusting.

 

[Stir Fry]

According to Genius it's "Certified Pedophiles", so can argue it's generally sprayed at OVO as a whole rather than aimed at Drake?

Plus it comes right after mentions of Partynextdoor and Baka - and he starts those accusations with "They tell me..."

It didn't hit me as a question tbh but I do think there's enough clouding it as a direct accusation against Drake the individual for a court to brush it off as soon as a decent lawyer breaks it down.

The certified pedophile line will easily be dismissed as a simple case of alliteration on kendrick's part.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

: yo dennis who is that monchchi head ass nikka u got wit u

: thats my boy aubrey say hello to the kids ask em can you join em

: ay hi guys may I

: ...i bet this nikka got a furry tail...

: don't worry kid ill get u shape up ... ya momma got u looking like a baby chimp...anyway all the kids in America like this thing called rap.. when u get back home practice get you a group of guys ,..practice practice rap about things you know ..get a brain fart.... plagiarize