Drake‘s “Not Like Us” defamation lawsuit against his own record label, UMG, has been called “dangerous” by a gathering of legal experts.
Four legal scholars have warned the courts about siding with the Canadian rapper in his ongoing legal action against the music giant.
The scholars directly warned of “the harms that arise when courts treat rap lyrics confessions or factual representations.”
They also cited that taking rap lyrics as literal statements “opens the door to racial bias and stereotypes into the courtroom”.
If Drake succeeds in his action against UMG, they claim that it will be a threat to free speech and that fictional narratives are a common occurrence in Hip Hop.
The letter cited examples including 50 Cent, JAY-Z, Nas and 2Pac.
The brief directly cited 50 Cent’s explanation for writing “High All The Time” despite living a sober lifestyle.
Neither Drake nor UMG have responded to the legal letter.
UMG recently blasted Drake as a hypocrite for suing over things Kendrick Lamar rapped in “Not Like Us”.
Drizzy recently amended his lawsuit against his own record label to update it with what he claims is more recent evidence that support his claims of being defamed, specifically citing Kendrick Lamar’s performance at the Super Bowl.
In a new filing, UMG have motioned to dismiss the amended lawsuit, addressing the Canadian rapper’s new claims.
The filing criticizes Drake’s claim that Lamar’s Super Bowl performance is evidence of defamation: “As Drake concedes, Lamar’s Super Bowl performance did not include the lyric that Drake or his associates are ‘certified pedophiles’ (i.e., the alleged ‘Defamatory Material’ that is at the heart of this case).
“The focus of Drake’s new claims—that ‘the largest audience for a Super Bowl halftime show ever’ did not hear Lamar call Drake or his crew pedophiles—betrays this case for what it is: Drake’s attack on the commercial and creative success of the rap artist who defeated him, rather than the content of Lamar’s lyrics.”
A statement from UMG also blasts Drake as a hypocrite given his own songs contained claims about Lamar.
The statement reads: “Nowhere in the hundred-plus page ‘legal’ blather written by Drake’s lawyers do they bother to acknowledge that Drake himself has written and performed massively successful songs containing equally provocative taunts against other artists. Nor do they mention that it was Drake who started this particular exchange.”
SMH. I was always right about this bitch ass n!gga.
I’m tearing the country down piece by piece. I think the least you dummies have to worry about is what happens to the music industry.
The Trump Derangement Syndrome is real with you, huh ? Retard
Why would I have derangement about myself? I’m glad to see you’re a supporter and don’t mind me fucking up the country. I’ll get back to it while you worry about a Canadian pop star and whether he’s detrimental to a detrimental genre of music to begin with. I love the poorly educated.
This is what happens when you let a suburban R&B singer into hip-hop.
Gayest lawsuit in the history of lawsuits
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Shut the fuck up
This what happens when bitch n***** are allowed into hip hop… SMH
You know you’re lame when Ja Rule is more gangsta than you
I don’t get how someone can call you a pedophile, and in turn your action against that is deemed dangerous. This article is BS, and Drake is definitely winning this case. Imagine you at work and a co-worker say you a pedophile, puts it in a song, and your job supports and pushes the song calling you a pedo. Y’all would be okay with that? For real?
That’s cuz you’re a pedophile yourself and are mad that he’s been exposed kinda like what I’m doing to you now. Now I understand why you’re so butt hurt about this
Imagine you at work and a co-worker say you a pedophile, puts it in a song, and your job supports and pushes the song calling you a pedo. Y’all would be okay with that? For real?
You must get called that a lot 🤣
Imagine you at work and a co-worker say you a pedophile, puts it in a song, and your job supports and pushes the song calling you a pedo. Y’all would be okay with that? For real? Run Drake his $500 mill
How are you allowed to still access the Internet. I’m going to tell your PO you chomo
Run Drake his $500 mill
Stop rubbing Drake’s 🥜 s from your 👄
it’s like ur the only other person with an iq larger 70 on the internet bro. it’s irritating too because umg in their lawsuit response even acknowledged that the masses would be too dumb to understand what they (umg) did wrong, and can just manipulate them with this rap beef narrative. like they just trying to pull a modern day michael jackson on drake bro. (granted he still did lose the beef). but people are acting like it’s just pure music, like no bro it’s all strategic & business. hence why kendrick got 4 #1’s in a year and is now that guy because theyre pushing him for what he did.
Who cares? Who started this? Drake. If he just shut the fuck up, Kendrick never would’ve dropped the diss tracks to begin with. “UMG did this, that and the other, blah blah yada yada” Drake could’ve not talked shit about Kendrick for YEARS and none of this would’ve happened which is EXACTLY what UMG’s argument is.
Run Drake his $500 mill
Pull Drake’s dick out of your mouth
Suing UMG you know you got the powers that be on this one.
It’s time for Drake to retire, he’s done. ” There’s no lawsuits in hip hop!
well if drake a pedophile that is a police matter you don’t go writing rhymes about it and go hey hey drakes a pedophile hes a pedophile hes a pedophile where is the evidence who are the victims where are the police why isn’t drake on a sex offenders registry do people in his locality know he is a suspected child sex offender if kendrick lamar feels people have to know about this what is the action you take and what are the real consequences….