Drake Won

1y

People really think Drake suing UMG to get out his deal wasn’t always the end result. Bro been talking slick about his label since 2010. This was always going to happen. Whether he “won” or “lost” to Kendrick, UMG was always getting sued.

doot doot

1y

Drake ❤️

STEPPA PIG

1y

Not going to read all these papers, have enough work of my own to do that actually gets me a bag. But I wouldn't rely on random comments made by people on the internet, which might ironically be bots themselves, unless I didn't have enough evidence of a nature like you mentioned (deals, sponsorships etc)

"Fama" = reputation, your good standing in the community. Defamation is obviously the degradation of that. Saying "These random people on the internet, which might not actually even be people, said this about me" is weak evidence. How tf can you prove actual harm/loss you suffered because random people on the internet said mean things about you?

Truth is also an established defence to defamation. Kendrick Lamar didn't create the narrative that Drake is a pedophile, it was already in existence and Drake himself mentioned it on Taylor Made. This suit is confusing because there's defamation, bot allegations and he's suing UMG instead of the person who made the song. But looking at it solely from a defamation point of view, it's not a good idea to rely on random YouTube/X/IG comments

orangetcovid

1y

lol what is it
his team is incompetent or UMG is doing the same thing they do for others for him also🤣🤣

choosing not to bundle ur album with merch is somehow incompetent now

Zack From The Six

1y

Online comments and viral tweets with more than millions of interactions, Youtube videos, Podcasts etc. can be used to show that the actions of UMG have swayed the public perception of him. It's not like we are speaking of 1000-2000 people calling him a pdf as a result of the song. We are talking about +100K comments, the song being performed - with UMG's approval - at shows that have been watched by +100m viewers.. But, as I said in the first post, and as you said in the response, you need more than that.

Don't see what is confusing about the lawsuit. He is suing HIS OWN label for their involvement in pushing and promoting a slanderous song about him. Doesn't matter if those kind of lies existed before - the slanderous song and its promotion by his own label caused those lies to go from small stories to him being referred to/seen as a pdf by a very significant amount of people (according to the nature of the lawsuit).

But it's still early days, let's see how far it will go and what will be revealed but it's obviously UMG's case to lose.

STEPPA PIG

1y

"small stories" bruh, Drake himself made reference to it on Taylor Made When that Bella Harris s*** happened, I heard a random radio station in my country talk about it. Years before the beef

I don't completely disagree with your post, but there's the usual falsifying and misrepresentations you do to defend Drake. But yeah, let's see how it plays out

Blue Magic

1y

One of the tweets that was used in the amended filing

Interestingly enough this guy had also tagged the docket page on the tweet and we know they are real lawyers on that page and have contact with drakes lawyers so they must have got this from them. Great work

pimpin

1y

I also hope UMG ends his career for good and redirect that $700M to independent artists who actually deserve it.

DicherdownDAVE9

1y

Never forget a hoe ass rapper sued over a diss record

STEPPA PIG

1y

@Zackbrah It does in fact matter that those kinds of stories existed before in a defamation suit. And like @AZNoah said, there's a different standard applied to public figures in lawsuits involving defamation/right to privacy

goretex

1y

brah yall niggas love givin da devils benefits of da doubt

doot doot

1y

Drake ❤️

pimpin

1y

I also hope UMG ends his career for good and redirect that $700M to independent artists who actually deserve it.

metaverse

1y

UMG frauds lookin cooked

SyIIabIes

1y

Lmao nothing new has happened and Drake Stan’s in here having a circle jerk about it lol

pimpin

1y

This lawsuit is actually a big W for Kendrick for three reasons:

First, it exposes what happens when a lame gets too much power and thinks he’s bigger than the whole genre.

Second, the longer this lawsuit drags on the longer NLU stays relevant. The song is about to hit 1.5B streams and its anniversary is coming up so this lawsuit is actually free promo.

Third, UMG now has the solid excuse to delay or even completely block the next rollout basically making sure the next album never sees the light of day (huge win for Hiphop)

That being said I get why he mad and its not cause Kendrick called him a pdf (he actually doesnt care about that). The real issue is that kendrick messed up his potential $700m bag.

Any new deal now is gonna be way lower probably under $150M that's almost $600M gone lol. No wonder he’s pissed especially since money is his obsession (he’s addicted to gambling and needs money otherwise he has to borrow from Stakkke).

I hope this lawsuit drags on for at least another year tbh.