{"id":1872,"date":"2025-08-13T11:34:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2025-08-13T11:34:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:34:40","slug":"drake-expands-lawsuit-against-umg-demands-kendricks-deals-emails-in-defamation-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=1872","title":{"rendered":"Drake Expands Lawsuit Against UMG, Demands Kendrick\u2019s Deals &amp; Emails in Defamation Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>1. Legal Battle Deepens<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake\u2019s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track Not Like Us has entered a heated new phase. In legal filings from August 2025, Drake\u2019s team has subpoenaed HIP-HOP contracts, incentive details, Lamar\u2019s record deal, and internal UMG emails\u2014seeking insight into how the song was handled despite its controversial and false claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Damning Allegations &amp; Real-World Harm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drake alleges that the diss track\u2014calling him a \u201ccertified pedophile\u201d\u2014was promoted by UMG in a way that would make it go viral, despite knowing it was false. His lawyers insist millions perceived it as factual, which led to real-world consequences including threats and an attack on Drake\u2019s home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. UMG Pushback: Just a Rap Feud?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UMG\u2019s legal response frames the feud as \u201crhetorical hyperbole,\u201d common in rap battles, not defamation. The label has filed to dismiss Drake\u2019s suit, calling it a strategic retreat from a \u201crap battle he provoked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Timeline &amp; Context<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May 2024: Not Like Us releases, launching the public feud.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>January 2025: Drake files the federal lawsuit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April 2025: Court orders discovery, unlocking contracts and other records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>August 2025: Drake\u2019s team demands access to Kendrick\u2019s deal and UMG CEO emails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Legal Battle Deepens Drake\u2019s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track Not Like Us has entered a heated new phase. In legal filings from August 2025, Drake\u2019s team has subpoenaed HIP-HOP contracts, incentive details, Lamar\u2019s record deal, and internal UMG emails\u2014seeking insight into how the song was handled despite its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,52],"tags":[502,503,505,504,501],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","category-trending-now","tag-drake-lawsuit","tag-kendrick-lamar-record-deal","tag-music-industry-legal-battle","tag-not-like-us-lawsuit","tag-universal-music-defamation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1874,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/1874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}