Drake will get his day in court docket for authorized hearings in opposition to Common Music Group, Spotify and iHeartRadio after submitting pre-action petitions in opposition to the businesses final month.
Drake’s Court docket Dates Set
Drake is getting ready to go to battle after accusing the businesses of colluding to artificially inflate Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” to Drizzy’s detriment. The dates have been set for Drizzy to have his preliminary day in court docket. In response to court docket paperwork obtained by XXL on Friday (Dec. 6), Drake’s authorized submitting in opposition to UMG and Spotify is ready to be heard in New York Supreme Court docket on Jan. 16, 2025. Within the submitting, Drake accuses the 2 corporations of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the NY Misleading Enterprise Act and the NY False Promoting Act through the use of bots and payola to illegally enhance the numbers of Okay-Dot’s chart-topping diss track.
The second pre-action petition, filed in opposition to UMG and iHeartRadio in Texas, is ready to be heard on Dec. 19. In that filling, Drake has accused UMG of defamation for releasing the “Not Like Us,” which options lyrics accusing him of being a toddler predator, together with claiming UMG and iHeart have been concerned in a pay-for-play scheme involving “Not Like Us.”
Drake’s filings are a preemptive strike in opposition to the businesses with a view to collect info for a possible lawsuit together with the deposing of potential witnesses and data and paperwork to help his claims.
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Drake’s authorized motion has divided followers with some calling the rapper out and others understanding his obvious motives.
A spokesperson for Common Music Group has launched the next assertion to XXL in response to Drake’s accusations: “The suggestion that UMG would do something to undermine any of its artists is offensive and unfaithful,” the assertion reads. “We make use of the best moral practices in our advertising and promotional campaigns. No quantity of contrived and absurd authorized arguments on this pre-action submission can masks the truth that followers select the music they wish to hear.”
A rep for Spotify declined to remark. Kendrick Lamar has but to talk out on the matter.