Drake Fans… Come Defend The Lawsuit…

[dangerranger]

I get the analogy you’re making, but hip- hop isn’t a corporate office, it’s a competitive arena where public conflict is part of the culture and the business model. Drake himself has made millions off beefs, subs, and personal shots at other rappers, so it’s hard to paint him as a victim in the same way you would view an employee being undermined by their boss. In rap, the company isn’t one entity with loyalty to the artist… labels, media, and streaming platforms amplify drama because that’s literally how the genre sells, and everyone involved knows that going in. If Drake is now suing because things went “too far,” he’s essentially asking the same machine he’s benefited from to suddenly draw a moral line in the sand just for him. That’s not how the game works… especially when he’s played it just as hard on others.

I understand what you mean, but I don’t think the usual hip hop rules really apply here. Business works differently. If UMG has a contract with Drake (the brand/business) and they helped promote NLU’s song that spoke badly (spread rumors) about him — and it can be shown that it hurt Drake (the brand/business) — then he might have a legal case. I propose looking at it from this potential lens: if your employer helped spread harmful rumors about you in your industry, do you think most people would take your employer’s side?

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

Drake “hate” and “Boycott” is only a few of you nikkaz online that never leave the house. Lowkey you nikkaz still pressing “Play” while the other nikka going down like he got Ja RuledYe about to pass this nikka in about a month.

Never forget this is the same fakkit who said rubbing another man's semen on your nipples ISN'T gay .....Aubrey stans are all fakkit ass degenerates just like he is



Got called a fakkit so much he went back and edited out the last part a whole month later.....but it'll never be erased fakkit

Gay? Nah, not once any of the nikkaz he paid said he came in contact with them or did any gay shyt. Being gay is more than rubbing bodily fluids from another man.

 

[derro13]

judge destroyed drake and his whole fanbase

 

[CrimsonTider]

yet Kendrick still gets better numbe than Drake on average.

One artist just dropped 4 times more songs.

My nikka when you gotta pull out excel spreadsheets to prove a point just take the L

 

[jerzboy]

Honestly, this is shaping up to be worse than Ja Rule. Yes, Drake has made great music, but he’s entering world of Mili Vanille. Mis def was spot on with the target comparison.

 

[Peter Parker]

Anything negative for UMG is good for the world

 

[derro13]

Ovhoes trending after the judge cooked Drake

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

This doesn’t mean the judge will dismiss but UMG claims complete ignorance of any part of the song before hand but it doesn’t mean some sub-section of interscope or other parts of UMG didn’t know. Lucian himself denying it may not mean much.

UMG and Lucian themselves deny everything:

Lucian’s actual statement:

UMG’s denial of showing the contact:

 

[Vic Damone. Jr]

You wouldn’t do nothing but spam anyway Nap

My point exactly @☑︎#VoteDemocrat

 

[904]

Again I ask

Why won't Drake's team ask for proof of his non-existent daughter

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Again I ask

Why won't Drake's team ask for proof of his non-existent daughter

you can’t prove a negative

 

[Higher Tech]

Imo, it’s rather simple. Take out the music and focus on the business. If you work at a company and you said company have built a relationship for years. When negotiation times or you can even ignore contract negotiations, if you and another coworker get into and start spreading rumors about one another but your company spends money amplifying the disparaging rumors that your coworker spread about you, this might turn into an event worthy of suing over. You can acknowledge that you and your coworker got problems, it’s when you find out your company/employer helped spread those rumors in any capacity especially for their own financial gain in the end, I think a lot of people would have take an issue with that. People keep pretending this as a rap beef issue when it went far beyond that a long time ago.

But it's their job to promote their artist.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

There's nothing to defend.
Two grown men consensually engaged in a public mud slinging contest and one got his feelings hurt so bad he wants a judge to make it all go away. There's no deep dive to get into here. This is a simple case of a sensitive rapper getting tucked back into his pajama clothes.

 

[Goatpoacher]

you can’t prove a negative

You still ask for all facts, witnesses, and documents that relate to the contention. This is discovery, you can and should look into all opposing party's contentions.

 

[dangerranger]

But it's their job to promote their artist.

That’s true. But from what I know, UMG has worked with Drake for a long time. Even if UMG starts working with Kendrick later, I think that’s where the problem is.

For example, people sometimes ask if Kendrick could sue because of the defamatory things said about him and his family in FM. I think he could, if UMG spent money to help promote or boost FM. In this case, they did it with NLU instead. In the end, UMG makes money from the fight between the artists, no matter who wins, but they might lose a really good partnership with Drake (the artist and business), who helped them earn lots and lots of money.

It appears to me that a lot of this can be summed up as conflict of interest. NLU was blowing up so UMG had every right to promote it from that aspect but they helped promote a song that was defamatory to one of the biggest clients they work with. If that client were to sue, they might the grounds to.