Drake’s authorized staff is assured their lawsuit towards a “determined” Common Music Group will transfer ahead, regardless of the label’s movement to dismiss.
Drake’s authorized counsel has swiftly responded to Common Music Group’s (UMG) movement to dismiss his lawsuit over his claims relating to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” diss observe.
On Monday (March 17), AllHipHop obtained a press release from Drake’s lead legal professional Michael Gottlieb pushing again on the 32-page authorized doc UMG filed by which it categorized Drake’s lawsuit as an “unfounded grievance.”
Within the explosively stern, but concise, assertion Gottlieb launched in response, the lawyer outright known as out UMG for trying to “distract” shareholders and others from their true actions. In doing so, Gottlieb described UMG as a “grasping” firm cashing in on misinformation and accused the corporate of inflicting way more severe conflicts, because of this.
“UMG desires to faux that that is a couple of rap battle with a purpose to distract its shareholders, artists and the general public from a easy reality: a grasping firm is lastly being held accountable for cashing in on harmful misinformation that has already resulted in a number of acts of violence,” Gottlieb’s assertion reads partially.
Because the assertion continues, Gottlieb claims UMG is “determined” and overtly boasts the “confidence” Drake’s authorized staff has that the lawsuit will proceed to maneuver ahead.
“This movement is a determined ploy by UMG to keep away from accountability, however now we have each confidence that this case will proceed and proceed to uncover UMG’s lengthy historical past of endangering, abusing and benefiting from its artists,” the assertion concludes.
UMG’s authorized submitting transferring to dismiss Drake’s lawsuit follows the Canadian MC agreeing to to reduce parts of the go well with, final month. Drake initially accused UMG of inflating the tune’s success utilizing synthetic streaming ways, bots and different actions he claims not solely tarnished his repute but in addition put his security in danger within the wake of Kendrick branding him a “licensed pedophile.” Nonetheless, in accordance with UMG’s authorized staff’s lead legal professional Rollin A. Ransom, the label beforehand formally requested {that a} listening to relating to the lawsuit scheduled for April 2, 2025, be postponed, attributable to their plans to file a movement to dismiss by March 17.
Within the introductory of the 32-page authorized submitting, UMG wasted no time in addressing what they see as an unfounded grievance.
“Plaintiff, one of the profitable recording artists of all time, misplaced a rap battle that he provoked and by which he willingly participated,” the movement states. “As an alternative of accepting the loss just like the unbothered rap artist he typically claims to be, he has sued his personal file label in a misguided try to salve his wounds.”
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