N.O.R.E.’s Claim He Was Sued Over Rap Beef Resurfaces After Drake’s UMG Filings

N.O.R.E. is back in the news after an old interview clip resurfaced that appeared to relate to current events.

On Wednesday (November 27), an old, undated video of the rapper and Drink Champs host was posted to social media by producer and writer J. Money, and shortly afterwards reposted on Drink Champs’ official Facebook page.

The clip finds N.O.R.E. complaining that he had been “sued” over rap “battles” — comments that many saw in a new light after Drake‘s legal filings over Universal Music Group, Spotify, and iHeartRadio’s alleged handling of Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track “Not Like Us.”

“The streets is the streets,” N.O.R.E. says in the clip. “This is the industry. N-ggas wanna bring they lawyers to muthafucking battles, man. Don’t bring your lawyer. Bring your gat or bring your clique.”

“You sound like you got some personal experience,” the host responds.

“Personally,” N.O.R.E. agrees. “I got sued three times from bitch-ass n-ggas. Three times! They not ghetto celebrities. You tellin’. N-ggas know who you are. You sued me.”

N.O.R.E. did not specify who he was talking about. Over the years, he has beefed with a number of artists including Nas, Prodigy and Tragedy Khadafi.

Check the clip out below.

Drake first took action over “Not Like Us” on Monday (November 25) when he filed legal documents accusing Universal Music Group and Spotify of coming together to fake the popularity of Kendrick Lamar‘s diss song against him.

According to The Independent, Drizzy’s legal team filed a “pre-action” petition in a Manhattan court, alleging UMG used bots, payola and other methods to inflate the chart-topping song. This is not a lawsuit, but a step required by New York State to secure information before officially filing.

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“UMG did not rely on chance, or even ordinary business practices,” the docs read. “It instead launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves.”

The filing also alleges that the label paid Spotify to promote “Not Like Us” to users searching for unrelated songs and artists. Additionally, it claims UMG paid Apple to have Siri intentionally redirect users requesting songs from Drake’s catalog, instead offering “Not Like Us” as a result. It also claims the company used bots to burnish the song’s numbers.

Shortly afterwards, he dropped a second legal filing about “Not Like Us,” this one adding iHeartRadio to his list of alleged offenders — and bringing up the specter of suing for defamation over the Kendrick Lamar diss track.