In January, Drake sued his personal document label Common Music Group, claiming “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar’s diss monitor towards him — was defamatory. Earlier this week, UMG tried to get his libel swimsuit dismissed, and now Drake’s legal professionals are retaliating.
In attempting to get the swimsuit dismissed, UMG argued that the majority listeners wouldn’t take such “outrageous insults” as statements of reality. Drake’s legal professionals are countering that “tens of millions of individuals” suppose Drake is definitely a pedophile.
“UMG utterly ignores the grievance’s allegations that tens of millions of individuals, all around the world, did perceive the defamatory materials as a factual assertion that plaintiff is a pedophile,” Drake’s attorneys hearth again, per Billboard. “UMG additionally ignores [the lawsuit’s claim] that the statements in query (and surrounding context) implied that the allegations had been based mostly on undisclosed proof and the viewers understood as a lot.”
Drake first started initiating authorized motion in November when he accused UMG and Spotify of scheming to spice up “Not Like Us.” It’s solely gotten worse, particularly since Lamar gained Document and Track Of The 12 months for “Not Like Us” on the Grammys after which introduced the hit to the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present.
