Could you elaborate?
Drake Initiates Legal Action Against UMG...files defamation suit against UMG over being a pedophile. Universal responds (Update: Dismissed 10/9/2025)
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Could you elaborate?
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
its the other way around, you actually can't present new evidence at appeal except under special circumstances.
my comment was on whether his legal team would carry on a losing case to the appellant courts. its past the point of billable hours at this point, it starts to get to their reputation.
Ahh I gotcha, so they'll have to present the same case to a different judge and the judge would have to go against what the original judge said pretty much when it comes to the case, so Drake has to hope he finds a judge that agrees with his stance pretty much.
That I understand, you can only take so many public Ls as a firm before your rep is tarnished.
If I remember correctly, you can file as many appeals as you want but it will only be granted if you can prove the initial dismissal was given erroneously.
In other words, he would have to prove the judge is biased, incompetent, etc.
I do not see him getting a W via appeal or an appeal ever going through. At some point he has to move on with this life, I said over a year ago all dude has to do is lay low and drop "God's Plan 2" or "Hotline Bling 2" and he would be OK. He did the polar opposite of that, dropped like 60 forgettable songs and kept his initial L in the public spotlight with this stupid ass law suit.
I'm not sure what he can or should do at this point.
Fred.
In other words, he would have to prove the judge is biased, incompetent, etc.
I do not see him getting a W via appeal or an appeal ever going through. At some point he has to move on with this life, I said over a year ago all dude has to do is lay low and drop "God's Plan 2" or "Hotline Bling 2" and he would be OK. He did the polar opposite of that, dropped like 60 forgettable songs and kept his initial L in the public spotlight with this stupid ass law suit.
I'm not sure what he can or should do at this point.
Fred.
Day_Walker
All Star
I mentioned it a while back but I always got this vibe that he's not all that smart from his interviews. Like he's legit a dumbass and a lot of his decisions reinforce this. Or just having jealous bytch tendencies against kendrick. The fact kendrick was getting crowned the best rapper, Mc should've not effected him at all with him being the most commercially successful rapper. The fact he knew his truth that he didn't write his own raps and still had an issue with kendrick being labeled a better Mc etc shows the size of his ego.
Drake fans on suicide watch
Playaz Eyez
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There’s a reason why Kendrick can drop something and basically disappear, and Drake can’t. Drake is in a 720 deal where he owes 37 people before he actually gets paid.
he can't they immediately changed the rules after that
Kendrick proved himself disciplined and moreover anticipated what not to do based on the character of a dude like Drake.
Because Dot did have an interview post battle where he did speak about NLU, and if you remember, for a few days OVhoes and even some "stand on business" dudes tried to kill him over it.
Kendrick Lamar Tells SZA He’s Not an ‘Angry Person,’ Defines What ‘Not Like Us’ Means to Him
Kendrick Lamar has given his definition of "Not Like Us" in an interview with SZA, and explained why "love and war" need to exist. See what he said.
www.billboard.com
Instead of Dot going "Not Like Us is about Drake being a pedophile
" he said “Not like us? Not like us is the energy of who I am, the type of man I represent. Now, if you identify with the man that I represent . This man has morals, he has values, he believes in something, he stands on something. He’s not pandering. He’s a man who can recognize his mistakes and not be afraid to share the mistakes and can dig deep down into fear-based ideologies or experiences to be able to express them without feeling like he’s less of a man. If I’m thinking of ‘Not Like Us,’ I’m thinking of me and whoever identifies with that."I remember at the time a lot of yall was
when that article dropped but time only proved that Dot was smart enough to know dude across the hall was wearing a wire and an ear piece, preparing a lawsuit and looking for ANYTHING to present to a judge and court room. And if Drake had the nerve to submit in a lawsuit that NLU was anti-semetic
and that Kendrick threatened physical harm to him and his kid because he said "wop wop wop wop wop, dot fukk em up", then you know that Drake was thirsting to take anything Kendrick said in an interview about NLU to jam him up by taking the song from the realm of artistic expression in a rap battle to print journalism or a free deposition statement. He wanted to use Kendrick’s words against him…which makes it so funny that Drakes words…via PACs AI voice got used against him in the dismissal.
But it wasn't cowardice or "backpedal gang" like Drakes stans tried to spin it into. Dot was just smart enough to leave it all in his music. He knew the right way to move when a bytch ass nikka is on the other side, you let him file his lawsuit filled with random tweets, meritless conspiracy theories, and Akadimiks as the meat of his complaint, then you get on stage at the Super Bowl in front of 133 million people and call him a pedophile set to a "catchy beat" and "propulsive bassline."
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Uchiha God
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Uchiha God
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ended the video with "My GOAT is a PDF"
Playaz Eyez
Veteran
Yes he could have.
He usually drops every 1-2 years. The battle ended spring 2024. He could've not dropped anything until summer 2025 and act as if the battle never happened. As long as the music was decent it would've went a long way towards rebuilding his reputation.
Instead he did goofy social media antics, gambling streams, tried to align himself with alt-right streamers like Adin Ross, and basically dropped music nonstop. I do not recall any point prior to 2024-2025, where he dropped the sheer volume of music he did, in such a short time frame.
Not to mention the weird ass "Iceman" episodes which nobody cares about. The two biggest Drake fans I know are college aged black girls (20-21) and neither knew anything about those, or that he had an album coming out. At some point they tuned out because he was dropping so much sh*t.
And then the law suit on top of all that.
Fred.
