UMG to Drake
Kendrick By no means Stated ‘Pedophile’ at SB …
Toss This Lawsuit, Choose!!!
Revealed
Drake‘s label says there is a big gap within the lawsuit he is filed over Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” … they usually’re mainly 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 legal professionals, made a serious misstep once they amended their lawsuit following Kendrick’s efficiency at Tremendous Bowl LIX.
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UMG says Drake’s lawsuit is not actually about Ok Dot calling him a “licensed pedophile” … as a result of he did not even embody these phrases through the efficiency. Now, the truth is the Superdome crowd did the injury itself, chanting the lyrics … however that is 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 legal circumstances towards artists. UMG says “Drake was proper then and is mistaken now” … as a result of his lawsuit is merely an “try to save lots of 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, known 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 is exaggeration for the aim of artwork.
The label is asking the choose to throw out Drake’s lawsuit. Whereas that will finish their authorized warfare, it certain would make issues awkward at their subsequent enterprise assembly.
