Drake is demanding Interscope CEO’s pay information, claiming they may reveal a monetary motive behind releasing Kendrick Lamar’s diss monitor.
Drake is upping the ante in his authorized conflict with Common Music Group by attempting to get his palms on 5 years of compensation information for Interscope CEO John Janick, arguing the chief had a financial motivation to again Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 hit “Not Like Us.”
The request, filed in federal courtroom in Manhattan, seeks Janick’s wage, bonuses and incentive pay, together with Interscope’s month-to-month earnings and income since 2020.
Drake’s authorized workforce additionally desires the complete recording contract between Lamar and UMG, plus a valuation of Lamar’s catalog courting again to January 2020.
UMG, represented by lawyer Rollin A. Ransom of Sidley Austin LLP, pushed again onerous towards the calls for, calling them “intrusive, irrelevant, and designed to harass.”
In an announcement to U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Jeannette Vargas, Ransom argued that Drake’s movement is a distraction from the core dispute.
“Drake seeks Interscope CEO John Janick’s personal and extremely confidential compensation particulars going again to 2021—4 years earlier than ‘Not Like Us’ was even launched,” Ransom wrote. “But Drake makes no try to clarify how his intrusive request for 5 years’ value of particular person compensation information is conceivably related or proportional to this case, which facilities on the discharge and promotion of a single monitor and music video in 2024. There’s none.”
Drake’s authorized motion stems from claims that UMG may have blocked or altered “Not Like Us” however allowed it to go ahead, allegedly tipping the scales in Lamar’s favor throughout their public feud.
The track, which took intention at Drake, grew to become a viral success and dominated streaming platforms, however the Toronto rapper says his fame was broken after Kendrick Lamar labeled the rapper a “licensed pedophile.”
UMG has already turned over components of Kendrick Lamar’s contract that relate to content material approval, however refuses to launch the complete doc, citing aggressive considerations and commerce secrets and techniques.
The corporate additionally described Drake’s broader monetary requests as a “fishing expedition” that will expose delicate inside information with out advancing the case.
UMG has requested the courtroom to both deny the movement outright or conduct a non-public evaluation of Lamar’s contract earlier than making any ruling.
Choose Vargas has not but issued a call.
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