Drake is now taking his epic beef with fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar to the human sources division.
On Tuesday, Drake’s firm, Frozen Moments LLC, filed a authorized grievance towards Common Music Group ― Drake’s second of the week ― over Lamar’s hit monitor “Not Like Us.”
In court docket paperwork obtained by Billboard, Drake, whose full identify is Aubrey Drake Graham, alleged that UMG might have stopped the discharge of the music, which his legal professionals say falsely accused Drake of being a intercourse offender.
UMG “could have refused to release or distribute the song or required the offending material to be edited and/or removed,” Drake’s legal professionals stated within the submitting. “But UMG chose to do the opposite. UMG designed, financed and then executed a plan to turn ‘Not Like Us’ into a viral mega-hit with the intent of using the spectacle of harm to Drake and his businesses to drive consumer hysteria and, of course, massive revenues. That plan succeeded, likely beyond UMG’s wildest expectations.”
As with the separate petition towards UMG and Spotify that Drake filed on Monday, Tuesday’s pre-action submitting is meant to function a step towards acquiring data for potential use in an official lawsuit, in keeping with Billboard.
Following Drake’s claims on Monday that UMG and Spotify conspired to artificially inflate Lamar’s streaming and radio numbers, UMG known as the allegations “contrived and absurd.”
“The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue,” the corporate stated in a press release supplied to Billboard. “We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”
The feud between the 2 artists has been effervescent since March, escalating from volleys of standard-issue insults to explosive accusations of home abuse, pedophilia and intercourse trafficking.
