Now, the NBA is speaking concerning the reignited beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
“Contained in the NBA” hosted by Charles Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Corridor Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenny Smith spoke about jokingly talked about the authorized actions Drake is taking towards Spotify and Common Music Group (UMG) for allegedly boosting streams of Kendrick’s “Not Like Us.”
On the Nov. 27 episode of the sports activities present, within the background, Kendrick’s “TV Off” is taking part in with the now-viral lyric “Mustaaaaaaaaard” — a shoutout to producer Mustard who created the “Not Like Us” beat and “TV Off” — when one of many hosts jokes that they need to flip the music off as a result of they did not need to get into authorized bother with Drake.
DJ Akademiks, who was a key participant within the beef by sharing conversations with Drake whereas the rappers went back-to-back by way of diss tracks, commented on the clip by resharing it on Instagram, “Why they trolling the [goat emoji],”
Drake’s Authorized Claims Towards UMG and Spotify
This week, Drake made headlines twice for the authorized motion he takes towards UMG and Spotify for Kendrick’s streams on his diss observe “Not Like Us” which was aimed on the Canadian rapper. In line with Drake, the streams on the music have been synthetic and have been boosted by a “scheme” with bots and payola to advertise the music. The attorneys are accusing UMG of “false commercial, misleading enterprise practices, and violating the RICO Act.”
“UMG didn’t depend on likelihood, and even atypical enterprise practices,” attorneys for Drake’s firm wrote within the pre-action filed Monday. “It as an alternative launched a marketing campaign to control and saturate the streaming providers and airwaves.”
The authorized motion Drake has taken isn’t a lawsuit however a “pre-action disclosure.” It is usually necessary to notice that Drake is signed to UMG by Republic Data. Drake reportedly inked a $400m take care of the music firm in 2022.
The second submitting, which was made public on Tuesday, Nov. 26, — a day after the preliminary submitting — has Drake accusing UMG of defamation, writing that they might have blocked the discharge of the diss observe for “falsely accusing him of being a intercourse offender.”
A number of instances on “Not Like Us” Kendrick refers to Drake and his group as pedophiles
“To any b*tch that speak to him they usually in love/Simply be sure you cover your lil’ sister from him,” Kendrick raps.
Later within the first verse, Kendrick raps, “Licensed Lover Boy? Licensed pedophiles/Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, Dot, f*ck ’em up/
Wop, wop, wop, wop, wop, I’ma do my stuff/Why you trollin’ like a b*tch? Ain’t you drained?/Tryna ring a bell and it is in all probability A minor.”
Moreover, he accused UMG of getting data of the false claims on “Not Like Us” however they nonetheless launched it.
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“UMG … might have refused to launch or distribute the music or required the offending materials to be edited and/or eliminated,” Drake’s attorneys wrote within the submitting. “However UMG selected to do the other. UMG designed, financed after which executed a plan to show ‘Not Like Us’ right into a viral mega-hit with the intent of utilizing the spectacle of hurt to Drake and his companies to drive client hysteria and, in fact, huge revenues. That plan succeeded, doubtless past UMG’s wildest expectations.”
As for Spotify, Drake’s authorized group claims that the streamer was used to “bot” and inflate streams for Kendrick’s diss observe. An alleged “whistleblower” was paid for understanding behind-the-scenes details about breaching safety.
“The whistleblower described Spotify as the simplest platform ‘to bot’ as a result of it doesn’t, like different streaming platforms, have sure safety measures ‘relating to bot safety,’” the submitting claims. “The whistleblower additional revealed that, on Might 6, 2024, a person affiliated with Interscope despatched him a cost of $2,500 by way of the digital funds platform, Zelle.”
Whereas Spotify has but to reply to Drake’s accusations, UMG spoke concerning the authorized motion taken towards the music distributer.
“The suggestion that UMG would do something to undermine any of its artists is offensive and unfaithful,” the UMG spokesperson stated. “We make use of the very best moral practices in our advertising and marketing and promotional campaigns. No quantity of contrived and absurd authorized arguments on this pre-action submission can masks the truth that followers select the music they need to hear.”