celeb news Drake withdraws petition against Spotify, now suing UMG

[B-Luke]

Update:

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:34 PM by B-Luke

[Pheromosa]

what a ******* LOSER!

[Shelter]

Pathetic 

[Gossip_Boy]

The duck face gangster retreats to the fancy condo once again.

[Johnny Jacobs]

girl the Kim selfie face 

[Nazareth]

He realised they were his bread and butter 

[SpaceOddity]

Dork. 

[Revolution]

loser

[Daddy]

It's getting worse and worse for him, I live. 

[Kings.]

Doesn't mean he backtracked, but y'all on this forum just see things from a drama/stan lens, so…

 

UMG didn't want their hand to be shown, so it was best this was dropped for all parties involved.

[ABeyBraith]

4 minutes ago, Kings. said:

Doesn't mean he backtracked, but y'all on this forum just see things from a drama/stan lens, so…

 

UMG didn't want their hand to be shown, so it was best this was dropped for all parties involved.

Tell us what it means then friend!

[KingWitch]

This is more weak than submitting it in the first place, get a damn back bone

Edited Wednesday at 03:24 PM by KingWitch

[Lose My Breath]

10 minutes ago, Kings. said:

Doesn't mean he backtracked, but y'all on this forum just see things from a drama/stan lens, so…

 

UMG didn't want their hand to be shown, so it was best this was dropped for all parties involved.

What it probably means is that his lawyers couldn't find any evidence of any of what they were accusing Spotify of doing, so had to withdrawal.  Had they had evidence, they most certainly would've continued

[king_queen]

I really hope Kendrick brings Wayne out for the Super Bowl

 

The final nail in the coffin 

Edited Wednesday at 03:19 PM by king_queen

[pride4jc1222]

6 minutes ago, ABeyBraith said:

Tell us what it means then friend!

It means the same old payola patterns that you see in the music industry, especially on radio, will continue.

[hallucinate]

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Drake is not backing down in the war against his own label, in fact he's now upped the ante by suing Universal Music Group for spreading the "false and malicious narrative" he's a pedophile ... TMZ Hip Hop has learned.

 

Drake filed the defamation case Wednesday morning in federal court in NYC ... ripping UMG for releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar's vicious diss track, "Not Like Us." In the docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Drake says UMG knew full well Kendrick's lyrics, and images in the music video, referring to Drake as a pedophile were false and dangerous.

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In the suit he calls Kendrick's hit -- filled with "inflammatory and shocking allegations"-- was a "gold mine" for UMG ... and he says they had an ulterior financial motive in promoting it.

 

Drake claims his label was doing everything it could to pump up "Not Like Us" because it knew it would devalue Drake's music and brand ... and therefore give UMG leverage in future contract negotiations with Drake.

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Drake says he's got bot receipts to show just how far the label went to turn Kendrick's song into an anthem. According to the suit, UMG paid a third party to use bots to increase the song's streams by at least 30 million -- and engaged in a "pay for play" scheme with at least one radio promoter.

 

He claims UMG attached the label "chart-topper" to "Not Like Us," despite knowing that title was based on fraudulent data.

 

It's also clear Drake's very mindful of what's going down in New Orleans next month -- in the suit, he claims UMG was in on getting Kendrick the Super Bowl Halftime gig ... so, the song could be performed on that massive stage, which he calls "one of the most significant (and viewed) cultural events of the year."

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Interestingly, Drake isn't going directly after Kendrick in the suit -- in fact, he says, "This lawsuit is not about the artist who created 'Not Like Us.' It is, instead, entirely about UMG, the music company that decided to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize" the song which it knew contained false claims.

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The music industry -- and fans of Kendrick and Drake -- thought Drake was retreating in this legal battle, because on Tuesday he'd filed a motion to drop a legal action he'd filed against UMG and Spotify in New York state court. Our sources tell us that was merely done to clear the way for this new federal case.

https://www.tmz.com/2025/01/15/drake-files-federal-lawsuit-against-umg-over-kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-feud/

Edited Wednesday at 03:36 PM by hallucinate

[hallucinate]

he's terrified of NLU being performed at superbowl nnnn

[teenager]

 

[B-Luke]

 

[Katamari]

Suing because of a diss song is……a new one

[popmusicisdead]

what a f*cking little b*tch. i just know his ass wanted to call the police when he heard it the first time

[VerdantHue]

How is it defamation when that is how you present yourself to the world?

[Burn]

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Interestingly, Drake isn't going directly after Kendrick in the suit -- in fact, he says, "This lawsuit is not about the artist who created 'Not Like Us.' It is, instead, entirely about UMG"

If he has to say this, then yes it is.

[Happylittlepunk]

Lmao why is he so scared of Kendrick? He trying to avoid him so badly. 

[Verge of Obscene]

lol what a little bitch