Drake Initiates Legal Action Against UMG

[Big Boss]

You are forgetting that there's two separate lawsuits. The second one is strictly about UMG allowing Kendrick to release a diss song to Drake with 'lies' on it, while neglecting that they let him do the exact same thing. It's like walking up to a man, punching him, he knocks you out and you call the police



I mean conflict of interest would always be a problem when two artists on the same label are beefing. Can Kendrick say the same shyt? That UMG devalued Kendricks brand by allowing damaging lyrics by Drake to him and pushing it.


Also, why would UMG want to damage one of their most prized assets? They make money when he does, if he generates less they generate less.
Even if Kendrick won the beef, Drake is still a bigger cash cow and bigger artist. He might have less stans, but more casuals.

Exactly I'm not pro label but UMG let both Drake and Kendrick say nasty things to each other without stepping in.


They let both rappers go to war

 

[MicIsGod]

Drake thought he would beat Kendrick because of numbers and he wanted to flex his power.

People say Kendrick won because of bots but Drake wanted UMG to block or Kendrick to edited NLU meanwhile "Family Matters" still gets play with no editing

You see it. He’s a little brat in tantrum mode.

 

[Harry B]

Exactly I'm not pro label but UMG let both Drake and Kendrick say nasty things to each without stepping in.


They let both rappers go to war

That's what I don't get with these people saying "It's not about Kendrick it's about UMG".
Only way for Drake to be fine with UMG was if only he got to say that Kendrick was a wife beater? His problem is that they let them both drop the gloves and not just him?

So in the end, it all boils down to the public selecting Kendrick as the winner. And it just sounds like because he made the label so much money, he wanted very special treatment.

 

[Feed-Me]

Who is BlocBoy JB?

The dirty Arab you quoted has me blocked so can't see what he said. Just remember he said the best sneaker spot near Barclay's is a footlocker. Nikka is still in India and fronting.

 

[Uchiha God]

I know Baka’s old ass be around Drake fighting every CTE infested neuron in his cerebellum to not randomly sing “wop wop wop wop wop dot fukk em up”

that shyt too catchy and you know old people love catchy sing-alongs

 

[MarcP]

I still don't know why Drake would expect UMG step in. In their eyes he survived ghost writers and survived getting exposed for hiding a child. Why would they step in over pedo allegations when the millie bobbie brown text message shyt first came out in 2018? From UMG's perspective Drake was teflon.

 

[BlueHeffner]

Would dot look crazy if Whitney sued drake for
Defamation?

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

Would dot look crazy if Whitney sued drake for
Defamation?

No, of course not. I hope she would.

 

[Stir Fry]

MF really crying over some damn streaming numbers

Go outside and touch some grass (or don't, because you're probably likely to hear either NLU or something from GNX being played )

 

[T.he I.nformant]

I wonder if Drake realized he lost the culture in this battle and this was part of his attempt to get people back by attacking industry rule number four thousand and eighty because that might appeal to purists just a big miscalculation and dug himself a deeper hole. Used to have the Midas touch.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

It takes 2 clicks to see your posting history. It's not hard.


What the fukk is this? This isn't normal. People don't talk like this. You aren't fukking human. Holy shyt. We got literal bots in the thread. Goddamn.

Damn so Kendrick does post here

 

[Carl Tethers]

I wonder if Drake realized he lost the culture in this battle and this was part of his attempt to get people back by attacking industry rule number four thousand and eighty because that might appeal to purists just a big miscalculation and dug himself a deeper hole. Used to have the Midas touch.

What "purist" would support his soft fakkit antics?

 

[KingsnBucs1987]

Would dot look crazy if Whitney sued drake for
Defamation?

Prolly not, since she was dragged into it, that'd be like Drake's family suing for Meet the Grahams, people would understand why they chose to do so.

If Drake or Kendrick sue, then it's the

 

[Nigerianwonder]

The defamation filing is about the lyrics.

Drake wanted UMG to block the song

You are forgetting that there's two separate lawsuits. The second one is strictly about UMG allowing Kendrick to release a diss song to Drake with 'lies' on it, while neglecting that they let him do the exact

Its not just about the lyrics. Read the actual defamation lawsuit not the blog headlines. He is not suing Kendrick, He is suing UMG and iHeartmedia for defamation. The first suit/ preaction was against UMG and spotify.

Here is the actual defamation petition. DocumentCloud

"4. Pursuant to its rights under various contracts, UMG has exclusive control over the licensing of “Not Like Us” and could have refused to release or distribute the song or required the offending material to be edited and/or removed. But UMG chose to do the opposite. UMG designed, financed, and then executed a plan to turn “Not Like Us” into a viral mega-hit with the intent of using the spectacle of harm to Drake and his businesses to drive consumer hysteria and, of course, massive revenues. That plan succeeded, likely beyond UMG's wildest expectations."

"10. The record-shattering spread of “Not Like Us” on streaming, sales, and radio play was deliberate, and appears to have relied upon irregular and inappropriate business practices."

The bolded is the key. That would be the conspiracy (aka RICO) that he is claiming they engaged in to harm his brand via bots, payola etc. prior to contract renegotiations.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Drake thought he would beat Kendrick because of numbers and he wanted to flex his power.

People say Kendrick won because of bots but Drake wanted UMG to block or Kendrick to edited NLU meanwhile "Family Matters" still gets play with no editing

This. He thought he could get Kendrick Meek Mill’d and then the opposite happen. Instead of just taking the L he crafted an elaborate conspiracy to explain why he can’t recoup on the deal he just signed.

I heard NLU damn near every day for weeks. People riding around bumping it, clips on twitter etc. It was impossible to escape. The idea that it was fake is just some loser shyt. He’s embarrassed.