Drake Called Out For Snitching While Suing UMG For Defamation

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Drake Called Out For Snitching While Suing UMG For Defamation

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Drake is taking some heat for his latest move in the Kendrick Lamar beef. On Wednesday, Drake filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging the record company spread a “false and malicious narrative” when it promoted Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like Us.”

Legal documents provided via Court Listener

“UMG is the “world’s largest music company,”2 and also the music company that has represented Drake for more than a decade. Yet, on May 4, 2024, UMG approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track that falsely accuses Drake of being a pedophile and calls for violent retribution against him. Even though UMG enriched itself and its shareholders by exploiting Drake’s music for years, and knew that the salacious allegations
against Drake were false, UMG chose corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists.”

In the lawsuit, Drake’s lawyers allege that UMG allowed content creators Kai Cenat, Zias, NoLifeShaq, RDC Gaming, and Cartier Family to monetize reactions to “Not Like Us” without enforcing copyright claims.

“UMG is legally responsible for the release, publication,7 and promotion of the Defamatory Material, including the foreseeable consequences of the same. UMG’s business is to “possess the exclusive rights” to reproduce, to distribute, and to license music, “including over the Internet. In other words, it is only with UMG’s explicit approval that the Defamatory Material could have been released in the first instance and later streamed, shared, performed publicly, and
exploited by content creators on TikTok and Instagram. UMG’s campaign went well beyond the traditional music company playbook indeed, UMG has unleashed every weapon in its arsenal, including, on information and belief”

Streamer NoLifeShaq went on to call out Drake for naming him in the lawsuit.

Update: Another streamer named in the lawsuit called out Drake.

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