Drake hit slightly jig to Fivio International’s newest single dissing Plaqueboymax. In a clip on Instagram, The Boy holds a roll of cash throughout his fast two-step.
In case you missed it, Fivio International and Lil TJay left a Livestream hosted by PlaqueBoyMax after he requested the duo to not smoke in his studio.
Then Fivio dissed Plaque and Kai Cenat. ItzBizkit grabbed the unique, highlighting the phrases from Fivio. You’ll be able to hear all of it under.
“I’m not these rappers, I received actual bands. Within the crib bussing my Tylil dance… and my actual title Max, and I actually received plaques… I’m the true PlaqueBoyMax… inform Kai Cenat react to that, n-gga, by no means say I am whack”
–@FivioForeign with a brand new snippet pic.twitter.com/3dd4seUSxc
— Glock Topickz (@Glock_Topickz) January 13, 2025
After which Plaque received within the sales space:
“Bitch, I’m Plaqueboymax
They need smoke in right here
Take they ass to the again”
He additionally raps, “Ho silly, she Fivio International.”
Drake additionally has points with streamers and rolled out an inventory of streamers and content material creators that he claims had the inexperienced mild from Common Music Group to monetize their “Not Like Us” reactions. Amongst these named are Kai Cenat.
As well as, Cenat, Zias, NoLifeShaq, RDC Gaming, and the CartierFamily are all listed as having obtained approval from UMG.
Drake alleges within the lawsuit that UMG permitted content material creators equivalent to Kai Cenat, Zias, NoLifeShaq, RDC Gaming, and CartierFamily to monetize reactions to “Not Like Us” with out implementing copyright claims. He claims this lack of enforcement enabled the unfold of defamatory… pic.twitter.com/FZzip1QrTf
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck) January 15, 2025
The accusations are a part of a swimsuit from Drake to Common Music Group for defamation. The case was filed in New York Metropolis federal court docket Wednesday morning, accusing UMG of spreading “false and malicious narrative.”
Based on TMZ Hip-Hop, the swimsuit addresses Common releasing and selling Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” The swimsuit claims the label was effectively conscious of Lamar’s lyrics, pictures within the music video, and the way allegations of Drake being a pedophile had been each false and harmful.
The lawsuit referred to as “Not Like Us” a “gold mine” for the label, constructed on “inflammatory and stunning allegations.” However why? Drake believes that UMG operated in opposition to his model to influence future contract negotiations.
The swimsuit doubles down in bot utilization, stating the corporate used bot receipts to extend the streams by no less than 30 million. Moreover, the swimsuit accuses UMG of collaborating in “pay for play” with a radio promotion firm. The swimsuit states UMG referred to as the music a “chart-topper,” however the information behind it was fraudulent.
Drake additionally highlights the upcoming Tremendous Bowl efficiency, stating the label helped Lamar get the job to diss him at “probably the most important (and seen) cultural occasions of the 12 months.”
However what about Kendrick particularly? The lawsuit highlights: “This lawsuit just isn’t concerning the artist who created ‘Not Like Us.’ It’s, as an alternative, solely about UMG, the music firm that determined to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize.”
Drake said the music put him at risk, highlighting shootings outdoors his Toronto residence.
Drake’s new lawsuit in opposition to UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”:
“It was simply three days after UMG initially revealed the Recording and Picture that Drake was focused at his Toronto home by armed intruders within the 2024 equal of ‘Pizzagate.'”https://t.co/EVhVle8tsx pic.twitter.com/fMwDvoWQLp
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) January 15, 2025
Earlier at the moment, information broke about Drake ending one pursuit of authorized motion in opposition to Common Music Group and Spotify over allegedly amplifying Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” streams.
Salute to Bryson “Increase” Paul who picked the inside track of Drizzy’s Frozen Moments, LLC submitting a withdrawal order of petition with the New York Supreme Court docket on Jan. 14. This concludes the present authorized chapter with no monetary obligations to both celebration.
There was no opposition to the withdrawal order type Spotify. Common “reserved its place on the matter.”
The brand new authorized submitting reads:
“Please take discover that petitioner and movant Frozen Moments, LLC, by its attorneys Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, hereby withdraws its order to point out trigger searching for pre-action disclosure and preservation of sure paperwork and communications from respondent UMG Recordings, Inc. and pre-action disclosure of sure paperwork and communications from respondent Spotify USA Inc., with reveals initially filed in New York Supreme Court docket On November 25, 2024.”
Want some extra readability? Our pal Brian at Audiomack supplied a little bit of context:
The discontinuance means the case is not going to transfer ahead in court docket as filed. The withdrawal suggests Frozen Moments (Drake) and UMG reached a personal decision OR Drake’s authorized group reassessed the authorized deserves of their petition. Spotify principally mentioned, “That each one sounds good” lol https://t.co/6pFS9Dk3uE
— Z (@BrianZisook) January 15, 2025
It’s value noting Drake nonetheless has a submitting set for a Jan. 28 listening to in Texas in opposition to UMG and iHeartRadio.
Beforehand, Spotify responded to Drake’s authorized motion, accusing the streaming large and Common Music Group of amplifying Kendrick Lamar’s streams for “Not Like Us.”
In a authorized submitting, Drake said Spotify boosted the streams, to which they reply, calling the allegations “false” and calling the authorized motion a “subversion of the conventional judicial course of.”
Spotify says there is no such thing as a proof to assist Drake’s allegations of utilizing bots, and extra, it denies that there is no such thing as a deal to assist the one. “The predicate of Petitioner’s complete request for discovery from Spotify is fake,” Spotify’s authorized group wrote, in line with Billboard. “Spotify and UMG have by no means had any such association.”
Moreover, Spotify was vital of Drake’s authorized motion, together with making a “pre-action” as a result of the accusations had been believed to be baseless and would have been shortly dismissed.
“What petitioner is searching for to do right here … is to bypass the conventional pleading necessities … and procure by the use of pre-action discovery that which it could solely be entitled to hunt had been it to outlive a movement to dismiss,” Spotify’s attorneys added. “This subversion of the conventional judicial course of ought to be rejected.”
