Common Music Group is once more clapping again at Drake within the authorized combat over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
UMG Recordsdata Movement to Dismiss Texas Pre-Motion Petition
On Thursday (Jan. 23), attorneys 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 asking 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 toddler 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 obligatory to research any alleged settlement between iHeartMedia and UMG respecting “Not Like Us.” With out such rationalization, Petitioner has failed to ascertain any doubtless good thing about 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 about 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 file 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 The Canadian rap star filed a petition in New York, which he has since withdrawn, that accused UMG and Spotify of utilizing bots and pay-for-play to spice up Okay-Dot’s Drake diss.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 courtroom over “Not Like Us.” UMG responded to the swimsuit, telling XXL partially: “Now we have not and don’t interact in defamation—in opposition to any particular person. On the identical time, we are going to vigorously defend this litigation to guard our individuals and our popularity, in addition to any artist who would possibly straight or not directly grow to be a frivolous litigation goal for having executed nothing extra that write a track.”
At the least some authorized consultants say Drake may have a troublesome time proving his case in courtroom.
