Drake Initiates Legal Action Against UMG

[Peter Popoff]

 

[kidsinamerica_]

Using the bars of a man who kisses a man on the mouth he calls daddy? Yes. Of course that's zesty breh. Now tootsie slide ya ass back off this site breh.

Hmm, I’ve never seen Wayne kiss another man—clearly, that’s something you’ve looked into more than me. As for the tootsie slide, I have no idea what that is, sir.

 

[Sauce and Footwork]

Hmm, I’ve never seen Wayne kiss another man—clearly, that’s something you’ve looked into more than me. As for the tootsie slide, I have no idea what that is, sir.

I’m not in y’all convo, just saw your post. You gotta be young because almost everybody has seen the photo of Wayne and birdman kissing. Im not accusing him of being gay or nothing. Just saying Wayne has been in beefs before and this has been shown. Birdman has spoken on it and said thats just what they do lol. Bout the same way we all saw the drake blackface pic, it was a big thing then

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Barring some sort of contractual provision prohibiting the label from promoting another artist dissing Drake, why would that be wrong?

Aside from the inherent conflict of interest in a record label having more than one artist, wouldn’t it just be a shrewd business tactic?

Thats the thing though. If you signed both artists, one more directly than the other in Drake’s case, and you purposely have ANY involvement of putting your hand on the scale, then of course Drake is gonna at least side eye the shyt.

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This is the problem with having labels invested in DSPs in the first place!​

 

[Feed-Me]

Hmm, I’ve never seen Wayne kiss another man—clearly, that’s something you’ve looked into more than me. As for the tootsie slide, I have no idea what that is, sir.

 

[Ironman]

All this because Drake got in his feelings about a Kenny verse on a Big Sean track

 

[tinnyskillz]

You tryna let this shyt die down, nah, nah, nah
Not this time, nikka, you followin' through
I guess you need another week to figure out how to improve
What the fukk is taking so long? We waitin' on you
The rest of y'all are definitely involved, y'all gettin' it too
Soon as you get the courage to drop, I'm out on the loose, on the loose going to sue, going to sue

 

[Rhyme n Tekniq]

After about 10 listens through

GNX is 10/10 for me

Roller coaster of beautiful production and intentful lyrics.

dont care who disagrees

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

My dad will have your ass! Head ass

 

[Sound (∀√a) Maths]

Probably not. And?

Then shut up.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

B1tch n1ggaz love b1tch n1gg@z

That's a whole lot of B1tch.

 

[mobbinfms]

Thats the thing though. If you signed both artists, one more directly than the other in Drake’s case, and you purposely have ANY involvement of putting your hand on the scale, then of course Drake is gonna at least side eye the shyt.

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This is the problem with having labels invested in DSPs in the first place!​

What makes it wrong though?
It’s just business.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

What makes it wrong though?
It’s just business.

Let me be clear (to the extent I understand):

• Every artist has marketing arrangements with the label based on their deal from distribution to outright career management
• Kendrick and drake have predetermined contractual marketing arrangements
• If theres any evidence that kendrick got EXTRA-non-explicitly-contractual (i.e. non-specified) assistance, that would be a contract violation
• This contract violation MAY have also occurred in the middle of a negotiation with one of UMG’s biggest assets: Drake.
• Mix this in with how incestuous UMG is with Spotify, then you have a big fukking problem.

Look, in any other company, this is why you have regulations about who gets to do what and who sees what. Theres conflict of interest courses on this stuff.

Now you can argue that rap battles are inherently bad for business above and beyond risks of violence and escalation, but in terms of sheer music, UMG has a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders and tanking an internal asset like Drake is literally not only a contract violation but in the business sense, unethical.

 

[Feed-Me]

After about 10 listens through

GNX is 10/10 for me

Roller coaster of beautiful production and intentful lyrics.

dont care who disagrees

An 8 for this nikka. Which is still dope. 9 and 10s are for classics. This ain't a classic but it's one of the best hip hop albums in years. I wish he'd spun the the block on the tuna sandwich but is what it is