Common Music Group is once more clapping again at Drake within the authorized battle over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
UMG Recordsdata Movement to Dismiss Texas Pre-Motion Petition
On Thursday (Jan. 23), legal professionals for UMG filed a 144-page movement requesting the dismissal of Drake’s pre-action petition filed in Texas final November, which accuses the music conglomerate of defamation and colluding with iHeartRadio in a payola scheme to artificially inflate Okay-Dot’s chart-topping diss track. UMG is looking for the dismissal of the case to The Texas Residents Take part Act, which protects residents from retaliatory lawsuits that search to silence them from expressing freedom of speech.
UMG argues that Drake has failed to offer correct proof of his claims that they defamed him by distributing “Not Like Us,” a track that labels Aubrey a baby predator.
“Petitioner [Drake] requests to depose each iHeartMedia and UMG to research the connection between iHeartMedia and UMG,” the submitting reads.” However Petitioner doesn’t describe why a deposition of each iHeartMedia’s company consultant and of UMG’s company consultant could be mandatory to research any alleged settlement between iHeartMedia and UMG respecting “Not Like Us.” With out such clarification, Petitioner has failed to ascertain any possible advantage of a pre-suit deposition of UMG, not to mention present that the advantages outweigh the burdens.”
UMG is asking the decide to dismiss the case and requesting reimbursement of authorized charges. The case is ready to be heard in Bexar County Courtroom on Jan. 28.
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Drake Sues UMG in Federal Courtroom
Final November, Drake filed two comparable pre-action petitions in opposition to UMG, which is his and Kendrick Lamar’s father or mother document firm. The Canadian rap star filed a petition in New York, which he has since withdrawn, that accused UMG and Spotify of utilizing bots and pay-for-play to spice up Okay-Dot’s Drake diss. The aforementioned Texas petition accused UMG of doing the identical factor with the assistance of iHeartRadio, in addition to defamation.
On Jan. 15, Drake filed a defamation lawsuit in opposition to UMG in federal court docket over “Not Like Us.” UMG responded to the go well with, telling XXL partly: “Now we have not and don’t have interaction in defamation—in opposition to any particular person. On the similar time, we are going to vigorously defend this litigation to guard our folks and our fame, in addition to any artist who would possibly instantly or not directly develop into a frivolous litigation goal for having achieved nothing extra that write a track.”
Not less than some authorized specialists say Drake can have a troublesome time proving his case in court docket.
