Drake has launched a second authorized motion towards Common Music Group (UMG), this time accusing the music big of defamation and claiming it did not halt the discharge of Kendrick Lamar’s monitor “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 tune on Spotify.
Within the new submitting, Drake’s authorized crew supplies additional particulars concerning his grievances with UMG, which is his document label for his whole profession. In line with the submitting, UMG was conscious that Lamar’s tune contained accusations labeling Drake as a “licensed pedophile” and “predator,” but selected to launch it anyway. “UMG might have refused to launch or distribute the tune or required the offending materials to be edited and/or eliminated,” the doc states. “However UMG selected to do the other, 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 objective is to assemble extra proof to help a defamation declare and probably result in further 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 tune, together with its album artwork and music video, would tarnish Drake’s status by falsely linking him to felony 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.
