UMG to Drake
Kendrick By no means Stated ‘Pedophile’ at SB …
Toss This Lawsuit, Choose!!!
Revealed Could 8, 2025 7:35 AM PDT
Drake‘s label says there’s an enormous gap within the lawsuit he’s filed over Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” … they usually’re principally saying Drizzy ought to’ve paid nearer consideration to the Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present.
As anticipated, Common Music Group filed a movement to dismiss the defamation lawsuit, and within the docs they level out Drake, or his attorneys, made a significant misstep after they amended their lawsuit following Kendrick’s performance at Super Bowl LIX.
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UMG says Drake’s lawsuit isn’t actually about Ok Dot calling him a “licensed pedophile” … as a result of he didn’t even include those words throughout the efficiency. Now, the truth is the Superdome crowd did the injury itself, chanting the lyrics … however that’s not on Kendrick.
The label can also be throwing Drake’s personal phrases again at him — reminding him that about 3 years in the past, he signed a public petition criticizing prosecutors for utilizing rap lyrics as proof in prison instances in opposition to artists. UMG says “Drake was proper then and is unsuitable now” … as a result of his lawsuit is merely an “try to avoid wasting face for his unsuccessful rap battle with Lamar.”
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UMG’s backside line is … rap lyrics are hyperbole, not literal truth. Simply as Drake rapped about Kendrick’s child being fathered by one other man, referred to as him a home abuser and threatened to slit his throat with a razor — all lyrics from Drake’s “The Coronary heart Half 6” — it’s exaggeration for the aim of artwork.
The label is asking the decide to throw out Drake’s lawsuit. Whereas that may finish their authorized battle, it positive would make issues awkward at their subsequent enterprise assembly.
