Producers of the upcoming film Drake’s Homecoming: The Lost Footage could pursue legal action against Drake after the rapper publicly distanced himself from the project.
“Personally, I think he should honor his commitments,” producer Mark Berry says to the Los Angeles Times. “Bottom line is, you signed a contract. You got to honor it.”
The companies involved in the creation and promotion of Drake’s Homecoming concert and film are reportedly considering slapping Drake with a $15 million libel suit.
“I think he thought nothing was going to happen with the film,” Berry says. “It’s an issue of someone not honoring a contractual commitment to another person.”
Drake reportedly signed a deal with concert promoters Serious Entertainment that included an agreement for the film. Serious Entertainment eventually inked a deal with James Prince’s Rap-A-Lot Records.
“In his contract, which was obtained by The Times, the rapper agreed to the concert’s filming and was paid a $15,000 cash fee and promised a 15% profit royalty for his participation in the project,” the LA Times reports. “Since the 2009 deal, Berry said Serious Entertainment has approached Drake and his label, Cash Money, on multiple occasions to see if he wanted to purchase back the footage, but both declined.”
On Twitter, Drakes says he and Prince don’t support the film.
“James Prince and I stand together on not supporting the Drake Homecoming footage in theatres. #protectingthefans,” Drake says on Twitter.
Drake’s camp has maintained that quality is of the utmost of importance to them.
“Obviously Drake and OVO only put out music and video/film that is of the highest quality for their brand and what their fans have come to expect, and do not want any fans to buy into something that has not come from them,” a representative of the rapper told the Los Angeles Times.
Drake tweeted out a disclaimer to his fans yesterday.
“The Drake Homecoming film is not something OVO or Drake have any part in,” Drake says on his Twitter account. ”I feel it is my responsibility to inform and protect my fans.”
The film still is scheduled for release Thursday (March 19), and producers say the tweet has helped gain visibility for the project.
“Not that he had to promote or market the movie; he could have kept his mouth shut,” Berry continues. “We’ve gotten more mileage with him sending out that tweet than anything.”
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Its actually the producers that should be sued. They only agreed with rap a lot records and NEVER talked to drake.
Correct me if i’m wrong, but didn’t he personally sign a contract with Serious Entertainment 5 years prior to the movie for a cash fee and a royalty?
so drake is mad he put on a terrible show and doesnt want his fans to know how bad he sucked?
Drake runs this game. He has his own label (call me when kendrick gets his own label)
what has his label put out besides gay ass owl shirts?
Let’s see Drake, 40 & Boi-1da all have Grammys.
Drake’s albums plus every single feature and song writing credit he’s done for others.
OVO’s production team has produced for (just to name a few): Clipse, Rick Ross, Eminem, G-Unit, Lil’Wayne, Birdman, Alicia Keys, Jeezy, Nicki Minaj, Big Boi, Bun B, Cassidy, Soulja Boy, Keri Hilson, Big Sean, Game, Ace Hood, Tyga, Lecrae, Childish Gambino, Chris Brown, Slaughterhouse, DJ Khaled, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Trey Songz, Talib Kweli, Tineshae, Mobb Deep, Jay-Z, Iggy Azalea, Meek Mill, Kelly Rowland, French Montana, Fabolous, T-Pain, Wale, Yo Gotti, 2Chainz, Wiz Khalifa, Pharrell, Bieber, Ludacris, T.I., The Weeknd, Mya, Ciara, P-Reign, Melanie Fiona, Cyhi The Prince, Keyshia Cole, A$AP Rocky, Jaime Foxx, Rihanna, Action Bronson, Sade, Usher, Beyonce AND of course KENDRICK LAMAR & SCHOOLBOY Q
Essentially OVO SOUND makes hit records for the entire hip-hop and R&B scene.
You like Blacker The Berry? That’s OVO Sound. You like Action Bronson’s Actin’ Crazy? That’s OVO Sound. OVO Sound keeps making classic timeless music.
Drake doesn’t run shit in rap and Kendrick has TDE. And no, OVO doesn’t make hits for hip-hop and R&B.
Those are only two songs though and people like those songs because of the artist, not the producer. Listeners don’t care about the producer.
Timeless classic music? HA!! Please.
Take Alicia Keys’ I’m ready, Drake wrote the song and 40 produced it. So they had nothing to do with people singing along to it and bobbing their head to it? Give me a break.
Producers matter….would Camp Lo’s Luchini have been big without Ski producing that track? Of course not. That beat made them much more known. Who even knows all the lyrics to that song, besides the hook?
These artists wouldn’t be getting OVO Sound involved with their music if they didn’t think it would either help them reach a wider audience and/or if they didn’t actually like what OVO Sound had to offer musically.
Kendrick ain’t calling up Boi-1da and T-minus because he thinks they suck. He thinks they are more than capable of producing awesome tracks to fit with his words.
There are literally 100’s of songs OVO has been responsible for, it’s much more than two tracks.
Again, people care more about the artist than the producer. Producers shouldn’t try to take away an artist’s shine.
OVO sounds keeps growing with ilovemaokken (tuesday was a huge hit), majid jordan (hold on we’re going home was a huge top 5 smash), Partynextdoor (who has 2 dope hit albums, and the newcomer, OB o Brian.
OVO ain’t growing. Tuesday is one hit wonder trash from Makonnen, Majid Jordan doesn’t have any hits (Hold On is a Drake song that they were featured on), PND’s albums flopped and are trash, and OB Brian will never succeed withou Drake, just like the rest of the OVO artists.
And no tde album without dumbo ears bombs. Dumb aint that impressive either.
Wrong. And enough with the Dumbo shit. It’s getting lame and it makes you look like a homo obsessed with someone’s appearance.
Your love for kendrick aint gonna make him notice you. WE REP OVO!!
This coming from a Drake dickrider who thinks his idol will notice his love of him. Newsflash, Drake doesn’t know/care about you.
OVO is right. Of course no one is going to say that To Pimp A Butterfly is shit, probably because they would get death threats from rabid kendrick stans. In reality though, we all know that Drake is winning.
Nah, OVO is wrong. Drake ain’t winning.
yall gay niggas probably got owl shirts on huh,
LOL the way you people fight against each other to prove which rapper is the best is unbelievable shit with all that talking drake and k.dot should be paying you guys but ou well guess they too busy living their lives and not worrying what a hater got say while you out here typing your ass off to defend I men who don’t even know you exist come on men yo all making yourself look fools if I was you i’ll salute my favourite artist for job well done like k.dot for that new album and that’s it not to go in and stating having stupide argument over grown men who don’t even you exist
Bros, chill out, kdot and drake are both dope, its good to have two artist poppin like that, one with the feelings and flow and one with funk and poetry, im glad we have such diverse artist like cole, kendrick and Rocky, shit even earl and coarse, radio king….drake