Hear ye,
Hear ye!
Drake’s been demoted to jester with the latest.
once the ruler of hip hop for many years,
drake found himself at the mercy of kendrick’s lyrical guillotine in their rap battle.
with one clean swing with “not like us”,
the new heir to the throne took his seat,
leaving drake out here scrambling to save face.
instead of bowing out gracefully,
our former king decided it was time to sue…
Drake seems to think there’s some shadiness behind Kendrick Lamar’s monster hit, “Not Like Us” … and he’s filed a lawsuit to investigate how it got so big.
Of course, “Not Like Us” is the song that effectively ended the Kendrick and Drake beef … because its popularity buried Drake — but now, he’s alleging Universal Music Group used bots and a payola scheme to pump up the song.
According to the docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Drake says an “inside source” told him UMG made “covert payments” to multiple platforms, including radio stations, to play and promote the hell outta “Not Like Us.” Legally, that’s known as payola, and it’s prohibited by the FCC.
Drake points out UMG has paid settlements in the past for this kinda thing … like in 2006, when the label paid $12 million to the NY Attorney General’s Office for a “pay for play” scheme.
In the docs, he also claims a whistleblower has accused UMG management of spending thousands in May 2024 on “bots” in order to get the song to 30 million streams on Spotify — and it also paid social media influencers to promote the song. He alleges the label dropped all copyright restrictions so the influencers could repeatedly post the song … helping it spread like wildfire.”
nothing screams “BDE” like crying foul when you started it.
/s
as the court cheers for their new king,
drake’s antics are only making him look more like the fool.
last night,
i saw some clips from drake on xqc’s stream and it was pretty terrible.
is everyone beefing with drake?
a tour the same day as kendrick takes the superbowl?
don’t even get me started on his response to kendrick.
drake is not going down with a fight but in this battle for the throne:
No lawsuit will unseat the king.
lowkey: drake,
not sexy.
drop this lawsuit immediately.
article cc: tmz
