Drake‘s manager has seemingly entered the chat on the highly-controversial topic of the OVO rapper’s legal filing over the success of “Not Like Us.”
Matte Babel, a fellow Toronto native who manages Drizzy through his DreamCrew imprint, took to his Instagram Story to share some relevant lyrics shortly after the internet exploded with takes on his client’s filing.
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As previously reported, Drake filed a petition in a Manhattan court on Monday (November 25), alleging that Universal Music Group used bots, payola and other methods to inflate Kendrick Lamar’s chart-topping song. He then filed a second petition in Texas, adding iHeartRadio to his list of alleged offenders — and bringing up the specter of suing for defamation over the song.
For his part, Babel decided to quote a few seemingly relevant bars from Drake’s “Red Button” off 2023’s For All The Dogs Scary Hours Edition.
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“Radio is king again, Billboard got me regulated/ Wanna makе it fair for you, numbers that I generatеd/ Do right and kill everything, people knew that death awaited,” was the first part he quoted, followed by, “Rest of y’all, I treat you like you never made it/ Leave your label devastated/ Even when you pad the stats, period, I never hated/ Even when you stab me in the back, the vest is metal-plated” and finally, “Everyone was good with me, then everyone expression faded/ Tickin’ time bomb and they beggin’ me to detonate it/ If I press this red button, dog, everybody Heaven Gated/ Press this red button, dog, and everything forever changes.”
Drake affiliate appears to respond to “Not Like Us” legal action with IG lyric choices pic.twitter.com/7XOgbmdRy4
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) November 26, 2024
Just over 24 hours since the initial following, Drake has become a trending topic for what many fans are calling a “Karen move.”
“Never in 50 Years of Hip-Hop has this happened,” one person commented on The Shade Room. “Drake needs to be Banned from the Hip-Hop Culture. Ain’t it ain’t a Black thing, even Em or Vanilla Ice wouldn’t do no Sucka ish like this.”
Another person wrote: “Drake Views, Actions, and opinions are not a result or reflection of us in the light skin nation. Drake on his own.”
While neither Kendrick nor Drake have publicly spoken on the filing as of this writing, UMG has issued a statement to Variety:
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“The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue,” a rep for the company told the publication. “We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”
