Our five favorite mates of Drake’s label about his demand ‘not like us’

Universal Music Group has finally responded to Drake’s claims that the seal damaged his reputation with Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like Us”, and there are some spicy things there.

UMG, which represents both artists, In general he argues That the court must dismiss Drake’s claim because it is only the painful loser of a ugly rap battle and cannot support any of his statements. “Instead of accepting the loss as the rap artist without problems that he often says, he has sued his own record label in a wrong attempt to save his wounds,” says UMG in the presentation.

But that is just the beginning of UMG’s response. Here are some points that stood out.

Drake previously agreed that prosecutors should not use letters against Raperos

Although Drake is now demanding UMG for defamation, the artist agreed that the rappers should not be criminalized due to their letters. In 2022, Drake, along with several other prominent artists, signed a letter In support of Young Thug, a rapper whose lyrics were used against him at the trial. “The trend of prosecutors who use the creative expression of artists against them is happening with a worrying frequency,” said the letter.

That irony is not lost in UMG: “As Drake recognized, when it comes to rap”,