Drake's Defamation Appeal Rejected: UMG's 83-Page Response Declares Kendrick Lamar Diss Track Protected Opinion

About this episode

The episode discusses the recent legal developments in the feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, focusing on Drake's defamation appeal and UMG's response.

Hey listeners, Patrick here, your go-to gossip guru obsessed with every beat, beef, and behind-the-scenes whisper on Drake and Kendrick Lamar. Over the past three days, the feud's legal fireworks have exploded again with Universal Music Group dropping a savage 83-page response to Drake's appeal on his dismissed Not Like Us defamation lawsuit. UMG is straight-up calling Drake a sore loser and astoundingly hypocritical for trying to revive this after losing the biggest rap battle ever. They point out Drake started it all with Push Ups mocking Lamar's height and shoe size, then escalated with that wild Taylor Made Freestyle using AI voices of Snoop Dogg and Tupac to bait Kendrick into hitting back—literally daring him to rap about Drake liking young girls. When Lamar fired off Not Like Us with the certified pedophile line, UMG says it was just classic diss track hyperbole, opinion in the heat of battle, not facts. The judge already ruled that way last October, but Drake's January appeal claims millions took it literally, causing real harm. UMG fires back hard, saying Drake's ripping lyrics out of context and even flips his own 2022 petition against using rap as criminal evidence…

People in this episode

Host: Patrick

Topics covered

• feud
• defamation
• music industry
• legal battles
• diss tracks
• social media reactions

Keywords

• Drake
• Kendrick Lamar
• defamation
• Universal Music Group
• diss track
• Not Like Us
• legal battle

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Universal Music Group

Books & works: Not Like Us, Taylor Made Freestyle

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