What a option to fire up the dialog on the Thanksgiving desk. Funk Flex hit X after Drake set the streets on hearth with the authorized actions he filed, revealing the price of pay-for-play. His conclusion, “DRAKE IS 100% RIGHT. NATIONAL PLAY.”
After which he rolled out the costs.
DRAKE IS 100% RIGHT! NATIONAL PLAY!
(PER SONG) DRAKE DONT $ FOR PLAY!
POP / CHR RADIO: $350k
URBAN RADIO: $250K
MIXSHOW: $100K
LOCAL MIXSHOW DIRECTOR: $40k
LOCAL DJ: $3K-5K PER SONG!
(DJS ON THE RADIO 5 DAYS A WEEK)THIS IS WHY INDEPENDENT ARTIST DONT RISE TO THE TOP!
ALL YOU…
— Funk Flex !!!!! (@funkflex) November 26, 2024
Drake has launched a second authorized motion towards Common Music Group (UMG), this time accusing the music large of defamation and claiming it didn’t halt the discharge of Kendrick Lamar’s observe “Not Like Us,” which he alleges falsely accuses him of being a intercourse offender.
This new submitting, submitted late Monday and made public on Tuesday, follows a earlier authorized motion in New York, the place Drake accused UMG of unlawfully selling Lamar’s track on Spotify.
Within the new submitting, Drake’s authorized crew gives additional particulars concerning his grievances with UMG, which is his document label for his total profession. In response to the submitting, UMG was conscious that Lamar’s track contained accusations labeling Drake as a “licensed pedophile” and “predator,” but selected to launch it anyway. “UMG may have refused to launch or distribute the track or required the offending materials to be edited and/or eliminated,” the doc states. “However UMG selected to do the alternative, designing and financing a plan to show ‘Not Like Us’ right into a viral mega-hit, utilizing the hurt prompted to Drake and his companies to drive shopper hysteria and big revenues.”
Just like the submitting in New York, the Texas petition will not be a proper lawsuit however a pre-action submitting supposed to gather depositions from important figures at UMG and iHeartRadio. The aim is to collect extra proof to help a defamation declare and probably result in extra allegations of civil fraud and racketeering.
Although Lamar will not be named within the petition and isn’t accused of any authorized wrongdoing, Drake’s authorized crew asserts that UMG knew the track, together with its album artwork and music video, would tarnish Drake’s fame by falsely linking him to legal sexual acts. The petition additional accuses UMG of giving Lamar an unfair benefit of their competitors, prioritizing one artist over one other by unlawful means.
UMG and iHeartRadio haven’t responded to requests for touch upon the submitting.
