Drake has filed yet another authorized criticism towards UMG, this time accusing the foremost label of defamation and claiming it may have halted the discharge of a tune “falsely accusing him of being a intercourse offender.”
The brand new submitting, filed late Monday and made public on Tuesday, claims UMG “funneled funds” to iHeart Radio as a part of a “pay-to-play scheme” to advertise Kendrick Lamar’s hit tune ‘Not Like Us’ on radio.
Within the criticism, the Toronto celebrity says UMG knew that Kendrick’s tune “falsely” accused him of being a “licensed pedophile” and “predator” however selected to not cease it from launch.
“UMG … may have refused to launch or distribute the tune or required the offending materials to be edited and/or eliminated,” Drake’s attorneys write. “However UMG selected to do the alternative. 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 shopper hysteria and, after all, huge revenues. That plan succeeded, seemingly past UMG’s wildest expectations.”
Similar to the first criticism yesterday the place Drake accused UMG of licensing ‘Not Like Us’ at decrease price to Spotify to spice up streams, this one isn’t a correct lawsuit however a pre-action submitting aimed taking depositions from key figures at UMG and iHeart in an effort to get hold of extra data which may help Drake’s accusations in a future lawsuit, experiences Billboard.
The brand new submitting in Texas is one other sudden flip in occasions surrounding the a lot publicized beef between Kendrick and Drake which has consumed music followers everywhere in the world this yr.
It’s additionally an indication that each one shouldn’t be properly between Drizzy and UMG which has been his label dwelling since begin if his profession, first by way of signing a cope with Lil Wayne’s Younger Cash imprint, which was distributed by Republic Information, then by doing a direct cope with Republic.