Drake
Solely Suing ‘Trigger He is a Sore Loser!!!
UMG Rips ‘Not Like Us’ Swimsuit
Revealed
Drake‘s making an attempt to have his cake and eat it too … in accordance with his music label UMG, which says his complete lawsuit over “Not Like Us” is de facto simply bitter grapes as a result of Kendrick Lamar buried him of their rap beef.
Common Music Group filed docs Monday in federal courtroom, calling out Drake for his half within the diss monitor battle that surrounded the discharge of “Not Like Us.” In line with the label, “Drake inspired the feud. For instance, when he felt that Lamar was taking too lengthy to reply, Drake launched a second recording through which he goaded Lamar to proceed the general public rap battle.”
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Bear in mind, Drake is suing his label for releasing the monitor, claiming it did so figuring out its “licensed pedophile” line was false and defamatory.
However, within the docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, UMG factors out each Drake and Lamar launched a complete of 9 blistering songs attacking one another — and, “Drake has been happy to make use of UMG’s platform to advertise tracks leveling equally incendiary assaults at Lamar.”
UMG says Drake’s insults included claims Kendrick is a home abuser, and Kendrick’s biz accomplice is the actual father of the rapper’s son. The label says Drake’s solely suing “after shedding the rap battle.”
Drake’s personal label says his lawsuit “disregards the opposite Drake and Lamar diss tracks that surrounded ‘Not Like Us’ in addition to the conventions of the diss monitor style, and, thus, critically ignores the context of the dispute.”
Translation: Ya stay by the sword, ya die by the sword, Drake!
UMG flat-out denies “Not Like Us” is defamatory, particularly contemplating the context of the rap battle that was raging between each rappers — who’re each UMG artists — and, it desires a choose to dismiss the entire lawsuit.
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Probably the most hurtful a part of the submitting — for Drake, anyway, — is likely to be UMG, stating for the file, “A number of commentators declared Lamar to be the ‘winner’ of the battle.”
