50 Cent has weighed in on Drake‘s bombshell legal filings against Universal Music Group, laying out his theory as to why the Toronto rapstar is going after the music giant.
The 6 God filed two “pre-action” petitions against UMG last month, accusing the company of using streaming bots and payola to artificially boost the popularity of his rival Kendrick Lamar‘s hit diss song “Not Like Us.”
He also claims that UMG — the parent company of both his label Republic Records and Kendrick’s longtime home of Interscope — defamed him by knowingly releasing a song that accuses him of being a sex offender.
Contrary to widespread misinterpretation, the filings are not actually lawsuits but merely seek more information before a potential lawsuit is filed.
In an interview with Cam’ron on his Talk With Flee YouTube show, 50 theorized that Drake is trying to prevent Kendrick from performing “Not Like Us” during his performance at next year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
“I’ve never seen that before. I’ve never seen a rap battle end up in a lawsuit. But I thought that was Drake’s team trying to prevent the Super Bowl from doing more damage,” he said.
“Because if you sue Apple and you sue Universal Music Group during the period where Apple is [behind] the music at the Super Bowl, they’re already in the lawsuits so they’re already having to incur costs to defend themselves.”
50 also speculated that Drizzy’s attorneys have likely threatened the NFL by telling them: “We have this issue over this song. It’s already a pending case, we don’t want you guys to allow that to air [or] you’d be a part of the damages.”
In a separate sit-down with Big Boy, the G-Unit boss elaborated on his theory and said that the Super Bowl would only “reignite” the popularity of “Not Like Us,” further motivating Drake to stop Kendrick performing it.
He also speculated that the Her Loss hitmaker might be using the legal filings as leverage in negotiations with UMG, with which he signed a blockbuster $400 million deal in 2022.
Drawing from his own experience of dealing with record labels in rap beef, Fif further claimed that Universal didn’t “protect” Drake in his feud with Kendrick because, in his view, the company bet on Kendrick to win the battle and make them the most money.
“Everything he said they did in that lawsuit, they did it,” he stated.
Drake has been given two court hearings in his battle with UMG. His defamation petition will be heard before a Texas judge on December 20 to determine whether the rapper is allowed to depose individuals from UMG and iHeartRadio over claims they engaged in illegal activity around “Not Like Us.”
His New York petition will be heard a few weeks later on January 16. In that case, Drake is asking the court to require UMG and Spotify to preserve any documents or messages relevant to their promotion of Kendrick’s chart-topping diss song.
You know how people say that Drake is a pop singer and not a rapper? This is just more proof of that. He started the beef with Kendrick and lost horribly. and now he’s crying to the courts over it. Not even Taylor Swift would resort to something like this
“Bitch n****, you more of a bitch than a bitch!” Applies to Drake definitely.
Taylor has been dissed by rappers multiple times and has never tried to sue anyone. Drake makes the white girl of white girls, look more hood than his soft clown ass.
Middle of the Ocean is my favorite pop song of all time.
nothing but cocksucker f8ggots and homos on this site – suck a cock homo we are busting shots at you clowns f8ggot rap gets you killed
Taylor Swift tried to sue everyone you idiot. She lost so badly she had to remake her entire catalogue again from scratch to get around the loop holes.
great greg’s angry gay ass is at it again. No matter what you say on here Drake still won’t fuck you so stop with the dick riding.
@Yeah she did Lol you’re a Swiftie 😂 what a f@g
shots fired and we miss 2pac and b.i.g. so much
shut the fuck up homo
great greg is the gayest in the universe
I actually believe this theory. Drake trying to protect his brand. Ironically, if he would have just went away for a year people would have forgotten about it.
Until the Super Bowl, and then the Diddy Trial, and then Drakes trial. They definitely will forget once Drake is locked away for 20 years, only to come out and try to rekindle his career so Kendrick can buy out the first 100 rows for $20 on AliExpress. Then again, Ja Rule was never accused of what Drake was accused of..so his prison time might be different. 50 says he never saw someone lose a beef and then sue and I never saw someone lose a rap beef and then end up in Prison for 20 years with their life destroyed…until 50 did it to Ja.
Why is nobody talking about all the shots Kendrick fired were made up? 2pac actually fucked that bitch, it’s why that song is so classic. Not like us got a good melody, but it’s on par with a necro song when it comes to believable. Kendrick did actually beat his wife to a bloody pulp, that’s facts, why is nobody talking about this? Shit is corny af
The overhyped elf being overhyped for beating a pop singer in ‘rap’ beef. What on earth is the state of hip hop? Fuck kendrick & fuck drake too.
I highly doubt not like us is on the list of songs kendrick willperform at the superbowl, theres gonna be kids there. The two greatest lines in the song are “A Minor” and “certified pedophiles”. At the most maybe they will play the beat and he might rock the crowd to it with some throw your hands up type shit.
I have a theory too! It’s because Drake is j3vvish. Thus he is the eternal victim of persecution and even all the money in the world is never enough for what ALLEGEDLY happened during world war 2.
Drake been picking and acting like his ish don’t stink. Somebody had to get him. He had to get got