Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "DRAKE AMENDS DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST UMG TO INCLUDE SUPER BOWL LIX PERFORMANCE (SPOTIFY EXCLUSIVE VIDEO VERSION)"

Episode Date: April 25, 2025

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You win some, you lose some. But you live. You live the fight another day. Yes, sir. And you think you're a man with a gun in your hand, don't you? I'm a man without it. Put the gun down. But ladies and gentlemen, you heard it from the man himself.

Aubrey Graham put the gun down, and he picked up the lawsuit. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? Now, what's in front of your screens right now is, of course, The latest lawsuit from Drake's camp. And guess how many pages? This is 107 pages.

Ladies and gentlemen, it took me a while to go throughout this lawsuit to break down keynotes to the point where I thought I was back in the collegiate institution. So that being said, of course, we're going to get into the overview for people who have short attention spans, right? We're going to get into the overview of the lawsuit details. But also, I want to just make a pivot to compare Drake and Kendrick's. situation to the situation that's going on right now that a lot of people probably aren't even aware of because of the fact that this man cannot drum up enough awareness to lead him to not be homeless. Why do I say that? Because Doty came out and said F. Kendrick, this is a PG podcast. So that F stands for something. And it's not a we ZF baby. You know what I'm saying?

So Doty came out and said F. Kendrick. Now, why would he say that? Let's get into it right now. song with Kendrick ain't changed shit, nigga. The fuck is that change, nigga. I'm still from 40s, nigga. I'm still over here, nigga. Oh, hold on. Hold on now. Is this the same man that's off GNX? Is that Kendrick's latest album? No way an artist gave another

artist a pivotal platform. And then, instead of being appreciative of that platform, he changed up and said that, and said F. Kendrick. Now, where have we seen? Where have we seen this before?

Anyways, let's just go on Kendrick's page, right? GNX is the latest album from Kendrick and not only is the latest album, but currently, it's the second most player album in the world. And Doty's on it. So right now, I'm perplexed.

Kendrick gave you a premier platform and what did you just say? That fucking song with Kendrick ain't changed shit, nigga. Oh. The fuck is that change, nigger. I'm still from 40s, nigga. Oh. You act like a nigga got a million dollars to that shit, nigga. the fuck nigga all that you got some clout nigger oh and he put that on his deceased homies what

what in the world but then you know what I'm saying I was like damn look at the state of hip hop like what's going on now if you don't know ladies and gentlemen to get more specific Doty was on the track hey now and not only was he on the track hey now but it was the fourth track one two three four or five my fault I can't count it was the fifth track off of GNX meaning that Kendrick probably thought pretty highly of this track and the artist to put him so high on the GNX album because if you don't know like I said people attention span is very short right so if you ever look at any album the numbers uh trickle down in engagement because the longer you get into the album the more people click off because you know tension spans are short but of course

um doty went on to say f kendrick but not only that he has some other things to say No destination bro. On F.C. Nika, I lost my house. Nick, I'm homeless. Nika, I'm gonna go out. I fell down. I'm gonna bounce back up though.

Watch this. Nah, you gonna bounce back up. It's all good, cuz. And these white motherfuckers, I can't wait for these rap motherfuckers, start saying shit in their songs. I'm not damn. I'm gonna beat their ass on the beat and I'm gonna kill him in real life. His homie is six feet under, wondering why they keep, he keep putting symptoms on their name. Like, come on now.

Like, at some point, RIP has to. stand for something. Please let them brothers, let's rest in peace. So with that being said, let's listen to him go off on Kendrick one more time. That fucking song with Kendrick ain't changed shit, nigga. The fuck is that changed, nigga. I'm still from 40s, nigga. I'm still

over here, nigga. Hold on. Hold on. We got to get the F. Kendrick in there. Like the fucking song with Kendrick ain't changed shit, nigga. The fuck is that changed, nigga. I'm still from 40s. I'm still over here. Oh, okay. You act like a million dollars to that shit, nigga.

The fuck, nigga. All that you got some clout, nigga. Some clout. Man, so much aggression in his words and his verbia. It's just almost like whenever you give a handout to somebody, give him a premier platform in the future, they can end up switching on you and having that same aggressive tone towards you. I wonder what that can be compared to. Hmm.

Anyways, I can't figure it out. So anyways, let's get back into this rap battle, right? as Kendrick called Drake a pedophile after giving him his first ever tour appearance as far as a world tour, right? So Kendrick and his sentiments are very aggressive towards Drake after Drake gave him a phenomenal platform and took him on his first ever world tour. Fast forward to 2025 in the aftermath of Kendrick making the pedophile anthem, not only one of the most impactful rap beef songs are all time, not only making one of the most impactful rap tracks of all time, but at this, day and age, I think we can now recognize not like us as one of the most impactful tracks of all time, just in general. And that sentiment showcases why this lawsuit is so lengthy as far as

a 107 page lawsuit. Now, of course, when it comes to Kendrick and Drake, they've been going at it for quite some time as the most recent developments of their back and forth, which I'm a fan. I'm a fan of the Luther and Nokia battle right I'm a huge fan of it because it's two premier hip hop artists topping the tracks but it's with straight quality music it's not rap beef it's not well rap beats are also rap tracks and a beef are also quality but the continuation of that could make it overcook and could make it stale right so with Luther and Nokia just being phenomenal tracks with no disses toward well it may have disses but you know For the most part, it's just a solid, phenomenal track.

Luther and Nokia is battling it out on a charts as Luther is the number one most play track in the world. Been on a charts for 21 weeks and it's only been at number one for all 21 weeks. It's never even left number one slot. So at this point, Luther is putting up a phenomenal performance to the point where Kendrick is going to have yet another contender at whatever award show wants to, uh, whatever a war show. that chooses to acknowledge Luther and just Kendrick's GNX album is shaping up to be another I'm not going to say it's sweet but shaping up to be another um very uh it's going to be a lot of wins throughout this year for Kendrick at award show so let me just put it like that now as far as Drake Nokia is the third most popular track in the world right and interestingly enough

when Drake put out Nokia like two or three weeks ago I forget when it actually came out but actually let me just pull up so drake no kio the music video came out three weeks ago is at 14 million views right kindrick followed that up because his PR team is the best in the game and i say that hold hardly it's not like um i'm not being sarcastic or anything his PR team is probably one of the best PR teams in the industry right now forget music Forget gaming, forget fashion, forget any of that. Whoever's working for Kendrick right now, they have mastered the art of PR. As they followed up, Drake's Nokia track, because if you don't know, when you put out a music video for a track,

it starts to accumulate more eyes and listeners as far as on the charts. So not only was Nokia already third most popular track in the world, you put out a music video and then it could shoot up to number one. Well, what's that number one currently? Luther by Kendrick. So what does Kendrick's marketing team do? They, approximately 13 days ago, put out the Luther track, which has 15 million views. So it's almost as if they're playing a back and forth. But I prefer this back and forth because we've already received the greatest rap battle of all time.

So now, after battling it out musically with Luther and Nokia, I'm all for it. If they would have kept going back and forth with tracks towards each other and they was topping the charts, I would have been like, okay, it's kind of stale. Let me just get y'all personal album instead of going at each other, right? That's exactly what they're doing now. They're giving us personal albums as far as Drake, well, with party next door as far as some sexy songs for you, which is currently the fourth most popular album in the world. And then of course you have Kendrick Lamar's GNX, which is the second most popular album in the world. So now it's strictly who can drum up the most engagement throughout their rollout for their album, right? It's no longer topping the charts with beef tracks.

It's topping the charts with actual music from their personal album. So I like this as far as throughout the span of 2025, Drake and Kendrick have been carrying the flag as far as the engagement drivers. and the hip-hop industry. And of course, honorable mentions is probably, but not probably, honorable mentions is definitely Playboy Cardi, where when he went number one with his album music, and of course, Ken Carson, who is currently slated at number one

as far as having the most popular album with more chaos, which we're going to get into later in this episode, as far as it's selling 63,000 first week. Now, that being said, so I prefer this back and forth. Drake, Kendrick, going back and forth musically instead of bars is showcasing how not only are they the drivers in the hip-hop industry when they're putting words together against each other, but they're also the drivers in this hip-hop industry when they're just putting out solid quality music. Now, of course, let's get into the overview of this lawsuit for the people who do not want a page-by-page breakdown of the entire 107-page, a 107 page lawsuit that we're about to get into.

I'm just going to give an overview. Then we're going to dive into the lawsuit. As with the latest installment of this lawsuit, Drake expanded upon his defamation against UMG, as it alleges once more that Kendrick Lamar's performance if not like us at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, which I believe is a new inclusion. Now, the latest lawsuit has Super Bowl halftime show in the lawsuit, right?

We knew it was going to happen, but now it's officially happened. So it's now in the lawsuit, and they said that a promotion during the Grammy Awards as well further damaged his reputation. And then, of course, it went to talk about the defamatory nature of the lyrics. We're not going to go too much. We're not going to reiterate those sentiments too much because I've already covered past lawsuits where that was detailed thoroughly. As if you type in Drake Analytic Dreams with the Z, all my coverage of his lawsuit, or you just type in, Drake lawsuit analytic dreams with disease. It should pop up as far as all my coverage of the loss of the previous lawsuits.

Because as you can tell, I'll pull up the lawsuits and then I go through them. I have my notes and then I give it in a condensed fashion back to y'all. So as far as his overview, that's essentially what the latest installments of the lawsuit is saying. And of course, like I already covered as far as Judge Janet granting, Drake's team to have access to UMG's details when it comes to compensation and an microscope, meaning that they can literally look at Kendrick Lamar's contract, which I did cover back in April 3rd, where Drake celebrated the discovery win that allows him to request Kendrick Lamar's contract in more and a not like us lawsuit. Now, of course, with that bit, without out the way, UMG definitely had a response and

they basically came out and said, Drake's claims are. baseless in an attempt to us and it's an attempt to silence lamar's creative expression they went on to say and label drake's legal team's actions as absurd and warned that the lawsuit threatens artistic freedom and they also noted that drake is subject to discovery meaning that it he risk well drake Drake risk having sensitive information revealed about him. UMG is basically letting Drake know, hey, if we have to go down in this court as far as what the details are going to be showcased as far as what may or may not be payola, you are also going to go down with us because we're going to reveal how we helped you and your rise to

the top, right? That's what I got out of UMG talking about subjecting Drake to discovery as potential risk for Drake and sensitive information being revealed about him. Now, of course, there's been rumors thrown around that Drake's team is wanting 250 million as far as a settlement. But of course, no continuations of those negotiations have happened, right? Those are just rumors as far as the number that Drake's team is throwing around as far as what they want in this court. because do remember, I remember covering UMG settling. UMG settled for a paola. I believe it was back in 2009.

Okay, it was back in 2006. Universal Music Group settled a paola case for $12 million plus $100,000 to cover investigation costs as announced by New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer in the settlement addressed illegal practices from 2003 to 2004, where UMG provided bribes such as vacations, electronics, and cash to radio stations to boost airplay for artists including Nick Lackey, Ashley Simpson, Brian McKnight, Big Timers, and Lindsay Lohan. I wonder what makes Drake think that UMG is still engaging in the practices. It's almost like he's signed to UMG and has been one of the better performing artists under UMG for quite some time. Anyways, so with that being said, that's the overview of the lawsuit.

At the end of the day, Drake is simply claiming that UMG knowingly promoted not like us, which falsely accused him of being a pedophile to profit leading to reputable harm. So that's what the lawsuit is over. And of course, Payola is also a part of the lawsuit. As when we get into the documents, you will get to understand the more specifics of that claim as far as them having certain practices when it came to boosting Kendrick Lamars. Now, like us, track that Drake's team claims they didn't do the same for Drake's beef tracks or whatever. So with that being said, that's the overview. So for people who don't want to page by page break down the lawsuit, that's the overview that you can run with.

And at the end of the day, I enjoy the back and forth because, of course, when I cover music, I really enjoy the hip hop and R&B side more. But I do like to get into the totality of music when it comes to affecting the masses. But Drake and Kendrick is currently affecting the masses in a way that is showcasing how they don't have to send bars towards each other to top the charts. with Luther and Nokia being towards the top of the charts, it's just showcasing that these are just iconic artists, and they had a battle, but at the end of the day, fast forward to now,

they are still topping the charts with tracks that don't have anything to do with one another, right? So, anyways, let's get into the lawsuit as is 107 pages. Ladies and gentlemen, when I tell you that this is a lengthy lawsuit, it is beyond lengthy. So get your favorite snack, your favorite drink, and let's dive into this together and once more if you want to see the video version

analytic dreams video on spotify to see the video along with the audio so that being said page one well i already skipped old page one but you see page one right here and page two is going over a lot of the table of table of content so i'm going to have this up so you all you can look at it you i can see the table of contents we're about to get into like i said i went through the whole document took notes so it's not going to be as long as it looks right now and i'm basically going to condense it into a fashion that makes it easier for you to digest if that makes sense so this is page page two with the table of contents and it's the second part of the table of contents going all the way down to page uh well this says 103 but it's 107 pages as you can see right here so one of the first

thing that was wanted to do got to type in kendry let's see how many times the name drop kendry that's not how you spell his name. All right, Ken, there we go. Kendrick was named 326 times in this lawsuit. Talk about name dropping. They was dropping Kendrick's name so many times. You would have thought his team was the one being sued and not UMG. Because, you know, of course, Drake is my favorite artist,

but I love to keep it eight more than 92. As when it comes to Kendrick, he is under fire even if Drake is suing UMG because UMG even said if Drake's claims hold any merit they would continue or no they would sue Kendrick's label because of what Drake's claims are right because UMG is claiming that they're innocent so they're saying if he holds any validity they're going to sue Kendrick so kendrick at the end of the day would be at fault for whatever happens in this lawsuit that is why when people say oh Drake's suing UMG he's not suing kendrick that's very disingenuous because it's a defamation lawsuit against only Kendrick Lamar is not like us track

there's no other UMG artists in this lawsuit it's a pay even the paola part which was confusing to me how you're going to sue for payola and only have kensi glmar is the only artist that's benefiting from it like hold up aren't you signed a UMG other artists are signing UMG like let's actually look at the chart toppers for UMG can carson is under UMG Kendrick's under UMG uh Sabrina's under UMG. Morgan Wallen is under UMG. Drake is under UMG. Playbric Cardi is under UMG.

All these albums aren't the top seven in the world. The top seven most play. All these artists have a top seven most play album in the world. Playbricardy, music is seven. Morgan Wallens is one thing at a time is the sixth most play album. Sabrina Carpenter, Short, and Sweet is the fifth most play album. Party Next Door and Drake, some sexy songs for you is the fourth most play album. Kendrick Lamar's GNX is the second most play album.

and Ken Carson's more chaos is the number one played album currently in the landscape of music. And UMG also has a whopping 52% of the entire music market share. What goes back to my point, if you're going to sue for Paola, why not include more UMG artists? It's almost like you're trying to go at a specific artist, but your camp, your side is saying, no, we're just doing this for the artists. We're only suing UMG, but the only artist being named throughout this lawsuit is Kendrick. Who just beat you in a rap battle? So anyways, that being said, these are a table of contents. So now let's get into a lawsuit as when I go into my notes, I'm going to jump around as far as these pages because I have certain notes.

But of course, when it gets to page 49, that is why I'm going to start breaking it down page by page because some of these are reiterated are saying the same thing as far as what we've covered in the past. So I'm going to skip over those things. But as far as page three and the introduction, right, is obviously going at. Kendrick Lamar's track not like us talking about how accused Drake being a pedophile inciting real world violence now this is the big detail I want you to um pay attention to as Drake is talking about real world violence what could he be talking about right well I'm glad you ask so um see how do I type of see I don't think that's it uh see security oh here we go All right, so back in, let me see if I can find this right quick.

So, Drake in the midst of the Kendrick Lamar back and forth, had his mansion shot at. And I remember covering this back in May 7th, 2024, right? I titled it Shooting Outside Drake's Mansion, Injuring Security Guard. So if you went to deep dive into that, go to that specific segment. As far as the overview, Drake in the midst of the Kendrick Lamar rap battle had his, mansion shot at right and they even detailed it in the lawsuit going back to page

three as far as the real world violence aspect right this is what they're talking about so Drake's team no somebody else we don't know who it was but a group of assailants as they're calling them drove up to the Toronto house in which Drake and his family resided Drake was inside the car stopped in front of the residence someone yelled F. Drake Well, that's not nice. And at least one gunman began to open fire. One bullet went through the security gate and hit Drake's front door.

Ladies and gentlemen, not his side door, not his back door, not the door that he bring, my fault. Not shot through his front door, right? So when that happened, another bullet struck and wounded a security guard. This is the real world violence that I'm talking about. and now his security guard did um everything possible to keep a security guard alive because he was bleeding out right so they uh kept applying pressure to the gunshot wound with towels and blood was everywhere this is real world things that's happening there's not no fictional fairy tale this is not stanley

reincarnated this is actual real life events that's happened in the midst of the battle not saying this because of Kendrick Lamar is not like us. I'm just saying it happened in the midst of a rat battle. So now, after the security guard arrived at the hospital, surgeons worked quickly to remove the bullet, stop the bleeding, and save his life. Though it took days for his condition to stabilize, thankfully, the security guard survived. The very next day, May 8th, 2024,

a different intruder used his bare hands to dig a hole under the security fence surrounding Drake's Toronto house. He managed to dig deep enough to squeeze through and enter Drake's property. Unfortunately, Drake's home security guard caught him before he was able to cause any physical harm, although the trespasser managed to yell racist slurs and threats against Drake before being escorted off the property. May 9th, the very next day, another breaking attempt happened. So in the midst of the rap battle, all these attempts are happening at my mansion in the midst of one of the greatest hip-hop lyricists of all time calling me a pedophile. I'm not saying it has any correlation. I'm just saying it's very interesting how these

happen in the span of a few weeks and in this case, a few days. So anyways, let's get back to the lawsuit. So that being said, that was page three, right? Let's go back in the, so. Yeah, okay, so. But no, that was page four, my bad. That was page four. So let's go on to page five. So essentially, page five is talking about how UMG allegedly exploited Kendrick Lamar's track by boosting his entire catalog.

And that was to damage Drake's value and ahead of contract negotiations. So when we get into the lawsuit, we're not talking about. frivolous things as far as oh i'm mad that he said this drake is claiming that it hurt not only his negotiation tactics with umg but also had also had real world violence happening to him at his mansion so and then they went on to say and uh page six that they remove copyright protection from YouTube slash Twitch to ensure viral spread. Now, of course, this is where I believe it was the best marketing strategy you could have made in the midst of the rat battle.

Okay, here we go. So what page is this? So page nine, right? UMG took the unprecedented step contrary to its. internal practices to remove the recordings copyright restrictions on YouTube and Twitch, thereby whitelisting the recording to ensure content creators would republish it broadly. Huh. So I have a very interesting take on this because, of course, when it comes to white listing for content creators,

me and myself, I did not play Kendrick Lamar's music at all. I mean, y'all have seen some of the clips I've went viral for on this on social medias, which if you haven't, shameless plug, follow my social media's on whatever social media you use at analytic dreams. More importantly, probably Instagram and Twitter and TikTok, make sure to follow that. So with that being said, and also my social user right here. So with that being said, right, the main thing I was wanting to get at is just letting y'all know that not only is Kendrick Lamar's PR team. the greatest in just the entertainment industry at this current point right but they also help out up and coming content creators by white listing this track why wouldn't drake do the same thing as far as replicating that type of marketing strategy is beyond me i don't know why they just didn't copy

what kentrick was doing because of course both of them was still putting out music on youtube and instagram first and they're putting it out on dsps which i'm pretty sure that the labels weren't too happy about that but youtube received exclusives to like some of the biggest tracks ever in hip hop and i'm pretty sure you m g is like hold up they're probably looking at their contract like i know what says right here and he did this i we're just going to let it slide so they just let it slide right and that's why they said uh they took unprecedented step contrary to its internal practices that's what that means so with that being said my interesting take is the fact that when it comes to content creators and just influencers in today's age i don't i'm

get a lot of flag for this but back in the day i believe it was a lot easier to be an influencer to the masses y'all got to hear me out right today's age you have multiple different options not only just in different entertainment fields but different niches so not only do you have uh superhero type of niches right but now you have multiple options when it comes to invincible comments when it comes to image brand as a whole you have multiple people who report on those specific topics whereas back in the day there was like three to four channels right and if you didn't have because nepotism exists let's not act like it doesn't if you didn't have have the connections to those three to four channels to get on that airwave to impact the masses,

you would just add a look. There was nothing that was going to happen to help you be influential in the entertainment landscape besides getting let in by the gatekeepers that no longer exist today because we see who people really gravitate towards, people who actually are authentically themselves and are not just corporate shields, right? People who are. authentically give news and it will also be in themselves right so back then three to four or maybe five channels that you could differentiate what you wanted to watch but that was it nowadays there's thousands of people covering the same topic trying to engage the masses when back in the day there was three to four channels so the limited variety of options is why i'm saying back then it was

way easier to be more coveted as an influencer than it is in today's age. Because you just have way more options. So if they actually mess with you specifically, just know. Out of all the options, at all the thousands and millions of options, they chose you to get their information from, to, they chose you to disseminate to the public and to them what's going on in the latest of whatever your field is. When back in the day, they had no choice but to tune in to certain channels. to get that news.

Whether you was good, bad, or complete garbage, if you had the right connection to the right channel, now you are a huge influencer, whereas in today's age, the people choose who's the big influencers to the masses, right? So anyways, that's my big spiel on that. So that's why I'm talking about the white listing being a phenomenal move

because content creators get disrespected left and right. And it's almost as if, they believe it's easy because every phone has a mic and a camera on it right and then they come to realize the amount of competition they are really facing to be ignorant is one thing but once you realize the amount of competition you're facing off of covering one particular topic and the different options the fan bases could go to you probably respect the people who have built a certain following as far as engaging the masses right so i'm not just discrediting the OGs from back in the day all I'm saying is is much harder today because you have way more options All right so anyways with that being said Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar's marketing strategy Drake Drake's team had a problem with as they said it went against their internal practices and you know removing copyright protection from YouTube slash Twitch which is one of the options they went with also they paid 30 third parties allegedly to fake popularity meaning bots stream the song and promote it covertly so when people talk about hold it let's pull that up right quick um let's see let's see uh stream the song promote oh it's right here i'm tripping it's literally right

here all right i'm just trying to skip to it because i don't want to waste y'all time i'm trying to condense this and it's 107 pages so you got bear with me all right so uh further going on about the point right they said a umg scaled the not like us track by covertly offering for financial incentives, which is payola. I thought all the K-bots were telling me Drake's team took payola out of the lawsuit. Why right here on page 9 of 107, they're saying that UMG covertly offered financial incentives to third parties to deceptively stream the recording on streaming platforms. I wonder what that means. To play the recording on the radio. I wonder what that means. and to otherwise promote and endorse the defamatory material,

all without ever publicly disclosing the payments. Hmm. I wonder what that means. It's almost as if the K-bots lied about Drake's team taking payola out of the lawsuit. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? So with that being said, let's go on to page seven, right?

Well, let's go back to page seven. So page 7 basically talks about euphoria, right, laying their groundwork for not like us. And I don't like that argument. I don't like any of the defamation part of this lawsuit. I think payola is where the best argument lies. The defamation part makes no sense. Like, you are in the sport where this happens. It's like joining the NFL and suing the NFL for CTE.

And then Roger Goodell is going to pull up and be like, hey, hold up. you see this paper you signed we ain't we ain't accountable for none of that all that Antonio Brown that's going on in your head right now the contract tells me that you signed that we're not liable

so now you walking around not knowing what two plus two is but you mad because you spent like three years in the league but guess what you signed the paperwork buddy you can't get your CTE compensation

so it's like joining a sport right and understanding what comes with the sport and then being mad that you get what comes with it that's why i don't like the defamatory part i think is insanely dismissive to the sport of hip-hop that is why i say the paola part is the is the best attack in my opinion the paola part people can get behind the defamation part i don't think anybody's getting behind that especially as you are a hip-hop artist who knows the tradition of that sport and the engagement of rap battles so anyways uh with that being said they said that uh kensig's

earlier distrack euphoria laid the groundwork for not like us they also claimed that the public took not like us as factual leading to pizza gate style conspiracy now that they actually say piece of gate ain't no way ain't no way they actually said pizza gate in this okay so page 10 10 107 okay so umg's greed yielded real world consequences as described above right it was just three days after UMG originally published recording an image that Drake was targeted at his Toronto house by armed intruders in the 2024 equivalent of Pizza Gate. I ain't a lot to you. They come in hard in this lawsuit.

I did not know they was going to name Pizza Gate. That's insane. So anyways, as you can tell, they're not taking these pedo allegations lightly, which they shouldn't. Like even when I covered now like us, I always claimed it as the pedophile anthem because nothing ever came about it. We're not calling the cops. We're not getting Tony Buzzbee to hop on the case. We're just coming out and plainly saying that you're a pedophile with no proof.

Right. So a very interesting tactic that ended up working in a grand scheme of things. But of course, in the moral side of things, you know, I was like, dang, like you really calling his man a PDF? Like, that's crazy. Like, didn't he put you on the first world tour? whatever so anyways um but that being said pages 11 through 22 because we're going to skip through some of this that just reiterate certain things because it talks about how drake um let no no this is the interesting part so pages 15 through 18 right talks about i'm just going to have

page 15 up so page 15 through 18 talks about how not like us caused Drake a lot of setbacks in his career, which is interesting because he notes that he had canceled endorsement deals. I wonder who was canceling their endorsement of Drake because of this not like us track. Like they must have been completely out of the know as far as what happens in hip hop, right? So also they said that he had festivals withdraw their invitations, right? And he lost a lot of streaming support or playlisting from UMG as. associated platforms. So Drake's team is really highlighting a lot of the ways that not like us

ended up setting back his career, which is ultimately leading the people to believe that he lost a rap battle. Drake is literally coming out in this lawsuit and saying that he lost a rap battle. Because if you're saying all that is canceled endorsement deals with drawn festival invitations, lost of stream and support or playlisting from UMG associated platforms, what does that tell you? it's almost like somebody else came out on top post rap beef so when they're talking about kendrick and the way that they're talking about it as far as UMG facilitating the release and widespread distribution of kensik lamars not like us the defamatory part is very interesting because you're a hip-hop artist that engaged in a rap battle right so anyways uh drake also claimed that umg had

editorial control or tacit approval over the marketing and press cycles that repeated and amplified the song's core claims and that ain't gonna lie i think that holds a lot of weight because of course i don't like the defamatory part but if y'all remember when kentrick received his award as having the record of the year right basically they skipped a lot of the track to end his uh okay so basically they skipped a lot of not like us right they played a specific portion of the track that literally ended on trying to strike a chord and is probably a minor as he was on the stage i kid you not the way that the grimmies orchestrated that song to be played in that um academy show right while he was walking up to the stage and then coincidentally playing the portion of the track that would

lead up to him being on stage at the same time when a mine It's a evil world we live in. I need to get there as a drop because that comes up time and time again. Future Hendrik gave one of the greatest quotes ever in life when he said it's an evil world we live in. But then you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like what's going on? Okay, so some of the other things is regurgitating things that we already talked about before.

Talking about damages and things of that nature. Let's go to, like I said, it really gets into the crust of my argument when we get to page 49 so pages we already went through a lot of pages as far as 15 through 18 uh i kind of want to jump around and see what's because i took notes so some of the things was just it really didn't make too much uh sense to go over because it didn't add to anything and i'm trying to conduct uh condense this right so pages 23 through 35 right talks about umg's dual role as far as the label um helping out drake but also helping out kendrick lamar and when uh and them basically saying that's a conflict of interest which is insane insanity to even say that right so what

you're going to do sign to somebody else to taylor swift is under your label um i believe sexy red is under you're going to say them promote sexy red is a conflict of interest so it's just interesting how he is framing this so um basically he's just talking about about how UMG signed him and they are over him but they also are green lighting and promoting not like us despite his defamatory implications toward him so that's kind of the same sentiments that we've seen before so with that being said let's skip around and let's go to not see is there any new information because i've talked about this before so if you want to see my breakdowns of the past lawsuits that's why i'm skipping over some of this information because i've already covered

and it doesn't really add anything i'm only covering the stuff that adds on to what we've already covered so type in drake lawsuit analytic dreams with disease to see my past coverage of the previous lawsuits so let's go to page 36 and 48 and okay yeah this one's good okay compared this man to art kelly hold up uh let me see okay is kelly not pop up all here we go all right so page 4 right of 107 they understood the recording to be linking Drake and his alleged criminal behavior oh my goodness who is that who is that name they just put right there they understood the recording to be linking Drake and his alleged criminal behavior to other famous figures who revealed to the public as sexual predators and later convicted for their crimes such as rapper hold up ain't no way they just put disrespect on r kelly's name first of all this man's a singer And more importantly, he's a, he's a R&B artist. The greatest R&B artist has ever lived, right? Anyways.

So for them to say rapper, whoever wrote this, just know, you are not allowed to hip-hop, my brother. So anyways, such as rapper R. Kelly. Mm-mm-mm. They say in Drake being compared to R. Kelly out of all people. That's crazy. So anyways, Usher was also in here, I believe. I think I said Usher.

no i didn't say no it's a user's my fault my fault shout out to usher you know he's he's not in this uh fiasco um Harvey Weinstein was also named drop what's Harvey at Harvey Weinstein

let me see okay can I not see it's not popping up um let me see about typing the last name let's say Harvey okay let me just type in all right I don't know why I didn't type

a parvy but wine steams right here okay so the public commentary has repeated the false claims that drake is a pito and sexual abuser man they're really doubling down on that pedophile anthem and they're comparing it to the level of Weinstein diddy and Epstein or Epstein that is the big three of disgusting humans so they are mad that Drake is being compared to these three gentlemen right here who Traffic, children, oh, no, this is,

trigger warning. I can't say that first. I can't just be saying that out of the blue. So let's just say, these are very disturbing human beings, and they've done horrible acts. Let's just put it like that.

As far as in Ditty's case, I believe he hasn't been convicted yet. So you still have to say allegedly, and so when they putting this as a factual, as far as putting Diddy in the midst of Weinstein and Epstein, it's very interesting, because Weinstein, and Epstein are convicted, I believe.

But Diddy is going through the court process. So having them in the midst of this, could Diddy sue Drake? So anyways, yeah, they're basically talking about all the horrible human beings that Drake is being compared to. Once again, R. Kelly, Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, and Diddy. Right? Even though Diddy's a little unfair because he technically is innocent until proven guilty. And they haven't went through the entire court process yet. And he hasn't been found it guilty yet.

They're talking about the slurs thrown his way as far as a pito Jew boy. That is, that is pretty offensive. I ain't going to lie to you. And somebody said that to me. I'm not even either of those. I would be upset. And of course, Drake, you know, I believe he's Jewish, right? So Jew boy has to be some type of, like, super duper, like, trigger word for him.

That's like saying the hard E are around a black person and expecting a nun to happen right if you say that to drake like he i don't know so anyways um collateral damage happened a lot as far as tracy morgan faced backlash for simply posting a picture of his daughter with drake suggesting how deeply the defamatory nature uh permeated public discourse see oh they got pictures and everything what in the world i got look at kudrick doing hopscott that man was enjoying that uh track ain't a lot to you that man was having a blast that man was having a blast that man was having a blast oh look the big three that's uh that's tough so they're basically talking about all the ways that just depicting drake as a pedophile right um yeah that's that's that's uh there's a lot

this is definitely a lot anyways let's keep going we're not we're not done with this one so the threats of violence we already went over as far as his mansion being shot at i was really wanted to find a tracy morgan i don't know why this uh like it like like showcases that is in here but doesn't like show me where it's at I wish it would highlight it like in other cases like it should definitely highlight it I don't know why it's not oh okay so this one right here okay so the harassment has not so this is page 39 of one 107 this reason why I'm pointing this out because I don't want y'all thinking I'm not showcasing any I'm not doing any type of fake news I'm keeping it 8 more than 92 so when I talk about it I'm trying to show it so you can see it in a

lawsuit so I'm not just making it up so anyways um the her harassment has not been limited to Drake. People with little to know affiliation with Drake have found themselves in the crosshairs. Comedian Tracy Morgan was subjected to awful social media scrutiny

after posting an Instagram photo of his adolescent daughter with Drake. User commented Drake should not be allowed to take pictures with girls. Somebody else commented and said, I think he likes them.

What? No, that's crazy And somebody else said he's probably Nah, this is insane This is insanity People be wilder in the comments I bet you nobody ever said this to Drake's face I don't lie

If you're a human And you didn't do the actions That they're accusing you of as far as these specifically And these type of sentiments are being put on you Time and time again And not only that But then If somebody said that to you in real life

I ain't gonna lie to you I may end up in jail that day that's insane somebody said that that's crazy anyways um obviously Drake did say

talk about how he likes girls I heard it on a budding podcast it gotta be true right when he was doing digital blackface Tupac it was a lot in that and that line in general may be the worst line in the entire bar like if we really break it down

because we always talk about the best lines right like A minor day free like they was really going back and forth But anyways, the worst lines in the battle, right? Has to be talk about him liking young girls. I heard it on a Budden podcast. It got to be true. First off, shout out to Tupac for listening to Joe Budden podcast.

One of the greatest music podcast ever created. Anyways, back to all saying. So when it comes to doing digital blackface, right, as far as rapping as Tupac and via AI, right, or basically laying down the bars and then using AI to change out your voice. with Tupac, right? So it's digital black face. I know Drake's black, but he's light skin. He's not black, black. He's, he's half black, meaning that he's doing digital black face because he's darkening his skin to embody Tupac. Now, let's get back to this because there is a picture. And I'm not going to touch on that, because that's definitely going to take away my OVO card.

Do y'all know? Side tangent, my fault. I actually was contacted about Drake's team about a certain picture. I'm not going to say what it is. But let's just say they really despise that picture because it really puts them in a light as a racist, right? Some of y'all probably already know what I'm talking about. The reason why I'm not speaking on it is because I understand where they was coming from because you have to think of Drake being the actor and those type of, what they call it, forget what they call it, when you're going in for a role and you're trying to get that role and you don't know what they're going to do to you.

You're just auditioning. That's what it is. Auditioning for a role, right? And you don't know what they're going to do to you, right? and that's basically one of the things they did. So I've been explained about that situation. And I understand. You know, if they're going to get mad at that picture,

then we need to keep the same energy with Robert Downey Jr. That's all I'm going to say. I'm not going to hint anymore. Y'all probably put the puzzle pieces together. But anyways, yeah, with that vague side tension out of the way, let's get back into this. So people who are not even associated with Drake are going down in flames because they are essentially being said that if you let Drake around your little girl,

then the unthinkable is going to happen, right? That's how they're depicting this man. So that's what Drake's camp is talking about. I'm trying to get into it. So it talks about a lot of other platforms as far as Seth Rogan at a charity event joking about Drake being a pedophile suggesting they're on to me. That's, yeah. Who is Seth Rogan?

What does he look like? Seth Rogan. Oh, okay. Yeah, if he ever runs into Drake, they slapping earth, wind, and fire out of him. You know, it's like certain people that you already know that if they say something and you see him in real life,

they're probably going to backtrack. Seth Rogan is one of those type of people because they ain't going to lie to you. There are certain people in life, like Kevin Gates, mind you. He will say something and show up courtside to beg you, to plead, to get on his hands and knees,

no ditty, and let you know, I want you to do something about what I said Or else It's a PG podcast But I'm just going to say Or else you are something of soft texture Let's just put it like that

Right The way that LeBron did not check Kevin Gates When he said the thing about his wife And he showed up court sign And it was the next day, mind you And LeBron, a ball went out of bounds Near Kevin Gates LeBron acting like

he could lebron turned into stevie wonder himself so the reason why i'm saying that is because with seth rogan out here talking like this to drake i think it's the opposite effect if seth rogan ever saw drake in real life he would be doing to lebron and trying to act like oh i don't see him uh where's he at somebody you know and then drake would have been trying to press him probably because this is insane like to even joke like that about something that you don't even know if it's true or false it's seemingly false right because uh last side tension to go off of the ditty situation and go off Shannon Sharp situation. You know how easy it would have been

in that time frame for somebody to come out and accuse Drake of that and be believed? Why didn't nobody do it? In the landscape of right now, of people being given certain platforms to accuse celebrities of whatever, right? And in a case of Cassie with her having actual credence, in a case of Shannon Sharp, where her having

actual evidence may not be in full context, but she has certain things that may make put shannon in a terrible light right why wouldn't somebody else do that same thing with drake in the landscape of where we're at right now so anyways that's just uh something i've been thinking about i was like somebody they called the police like like drake calling kensrick a woman be there kentrick calling drake a pedophile where is the police where is spider man the superman when you need them anyways that been said um let's continue throughout this lawsuit because basically they shout out another platform talking about the incident, but really doesn't add anything.

So let's continue. So then we have, okay, yeah, so page 49 is why I said I was going to give a break by page by page breakdown. So essentially, 49 is when it starts getting deep into what I was going to talk about as far as the lawsuit. Because right here you see he's all type of pictures, right? Got Kendrick, this is when he's doing a little, you know, hold up. That's what Kendrick doing. That's what Kendrick's doing all that, right? He's doing all that in this video,

trying to symbolize what Drake was doing with, you know, another girl in the TikTok video, which seems like a harmless dance. But then once Kendrick frames are like that in a pedophile, in the midst of a pedophile anthem music video, makes you kind of look at it different as far as what you're, it makes you perceive it different as far as what you're actually looking at. Because if you're looking at this from a bird's eye view,

you would think everything that Kendrick is saying he's backing it up right because he just did some random hand motion and then here come the internet oh Drake did this hand motion with a little girl back in the day knowing that that whole TikTok video could have just been something harmless that he was doing for somebody's daughter but now Kendrick is putting

in a way that people think he's trying to pull a tiger 2.0 anyways alright so page 49 right and you see him doing hopscotch this man is just having the time in his life and he in front of crates and one police officer been called but he in front of crates making music videos. Anyways, page 49, he's sending a pinata, which goes back to the Drake Nokia video. I know a lot of people was like, he wasn't talking about Kendrick at all.

At the end of the video, he literally had a bunch of owls outside and open, free, right? What happened at the end of Kendrick Lamar's not like us video? The cow, the owl was caged, right? Simple imagery, but a picture is worth a thousand words. So that is how he was rebutting, uh, Kendrick's not like us video. And a lot of the black and white imagery with the choreography and things like that was also going off and not like us. Um, but yeah.

So with that being said, let's get into the page by page breakdown. And this is going to be pretty quick as I do have notes specifically for these pages. So page 49, right? Basically, it's talking about social media reactions to Kendrick Lamar. And this is where I have to put on my cape for content creators once again. Because I don't think people realize how. hard it is with the amount of with the amount of competition as far as to become an influencer to the masses right everybody can gain a certain audience but who can

gain the audience to where now it's it subsidizes the right word anyways it pays for your bills and then more right who gets to that point in the midst of all this competition so anyways when we keep going right social media reactions to Kendrick Lamar is not like us included accusations speculation and hate of course we've heard that before A lot of the sources cited was people on YouTube from the likes of Leonard Washington. I wonder, he should be on here. Let me see, YouTube.

Was it not page 49? Let me see. Oh, was it page 50? Did they go on? Who is Leonard? We're about to find Leonard. Let me see. Let's see.

Social media, Toronto. Okay. uh u.s comment let me see okay I do not see Washington does I can you spell Washington

it is okay let's just type in YouTube oh my goodness YouTube is on here way too many times okay let's type in Jacob all right

so UMG uses ownership interest to promote the defamatory material where is YouTube at partnership would give our access to the complex file uh Toronto Mansion trying to find the YouTube part

let me see ex post billboard big week for team Kendrick I mean all of this is like evidence about social media I was trying to find the YouTubers in general feature in the scope I don't think that's it okay so let me see threats against oh it's talking about comments I'm tripping

okay so these are just user comments I thought it was YouTube channels okay that makes more sense kind of like where's the channel but i think the i think the comments are like in and what these are i think these are the comments or whatever so let me type this in right quick oh is that the right one yeah i think it's talking about these comments right here that's interesting so if you click those i think it takes you to another site because i don't see that at all okay so these are just comments from different users but i thought they was talking about channels maybe we're gonna get into that in a second so anyways uh page 50

right let's go back up to page 50 man 107 pages is insanity i ain't know lot to you this is this is insanity they are really trying to end the not like us lifespan because if you don't know if they win this lawsuit a lot of the royalties and maybe even the masters could go to drake as far as the damage is done right oh you was damaged by this song not only do they have to pay you a good amount a certain amount which you know the rumor is they wanting 250 million to settle right not only do they want the not like us to basically get compensation for damages done

by not like us, they may end up asking for the royalties and masters, which that would be extreme. But it seems like $250 million is all they want. I don't really think they want the license of

not like us, but if it's offered. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. Like, what's going on? If it's offered, that's a whole other discussion.

So anyways, page 50 just continue with the anti-Semitic threats and stuff we've already went over calling Drake a Jewish pedophile just in case you got it mixed up and then we get into page 51 let me see page 52 page 52 where it talks about the Google Maps and Apple Maps

at Drake's Toronto address were edited with derogatory tags like pedophile lives here man that is insanity oh it really says that Jersey touches kids where they get this image from where is this from they say applications like Uber and Lyft users have edited to address read edited the address to read Drizzi touches kids Jersey's fun time chamber somebody got six sense of humor I

ain't a lot to you all right let's go to um so it talks about okay so page 52 page 53 Drake argues okay so it's still talking about certain things about the vigilante attacks as far as the piece of gay we already went over that we already talked about his comparison to ditty stuff like that um see page 54 same thing okay let me see let me skip towards what concert cross instagram facebook tags a minor okay um pg what is that what is um pg um pg what is that um pg what is that oh that's universal music i was like what they keep using why they switch out universal umg to um pg don't know about no UMG for you and PG but whatever.

All right. So they're just talking about the pop-out concert. We already went over that. So we're going to skip that. But yeah, you know, basically they said Universal had a big hand in a pop-out show, which, you know, of course, this is the biggest artist. Like, it's Kendra, come on now. Okay, so Drake alleges the Vivo co-owned by Universal Boost of Visibility.

So it's still talking about bots. So now this is for everybody who's saying that there's no bots in this lawsuit, right? Just understand that if you pull up the full lawsuit, you don't have to sound as ignorant as most of y'all are. Page 47 and 107 talks about how on YouTube, a watermark for Vivo LLC appears in the bottom right of the video. And they talk about just the overall ownership of the video, right? And they say universal music uses Vivo to distribute video content to global platforms such as YouTube and major television networks. but of course they preface this by saying UMG promoted this with knowledge of the actual violence

and online threats that ensued from its initial publication as far as you know talking about Drake and then they talk about how when it came to Vivo the video included a lot of Drake's OVO brand represented by the owl of course so let me see we talk about UMG Vivo what else is the winner circle playlist

I don't know what that means he's talking about how it was included I think playlists are like I mean playlist is probably one of the most organic and authentic ways to get engagement for your specific track so I don't really think that's a big deal let me see UMG allegedly released a live performance

for radio airplay yeah that's nothing uh sources Let me see, Hot 97. Hot 97 was named in this. Hold on. Let me see what they're saying about Ebro.

Hot 97. Okay, UMG. Formal band on white listing and never before a white listed a song on any platform plaintiff's knowledge. And, okay. Oh, is that Mark? Ain't no way. Yo.

Mark and Kassanat in this lawsuit. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip-hop. like what's going to? Bro, what they do? That took me so, that took me so for a surprise because I remember

when I was looking at this in the beginning, I was like, hold on now. I kept scrolling. But I must have not seen this. What in the world? That's insane.

That is insane. He said on May 5th, 2024, Twitch streamer RDC Gaming posted his reaction by depicting the image and using the recording. Oh yeah,

Drake definitely don't mess to Mark. Now, I guess he's mad because he, uh, you know, that is tough. That is tough. If you're going to use my house with the image. I mean, technically, you know, Mark could be like, hey, it was just a cover art for the track. But the cover art is my house with the Pito logos all over and now you're using it. And wasn't Mark at like one of the JZ brunches or whatever where he ran into Drake? Then he had like a picture with Drake and something like that. I don't know. I feel like that's a lot of gray area. Like, you know, you know what that symbol. could have used anything else for was that from the actual track or the music video

could i guess that could be nah right you got to use a different picture that that's insane i don't even think i ever use that picture as far as i don't know people call me ovio stand so it'd be like that but as far as konsanat they say a twist streamer kisonat posted a 20 minute video of his reaction to the recording on his youtube channel which has 12.5 million subscribers the video's thumbnail depicts the image as of the day of this filing the video has over 10 million views dang these content creators could not have legally republished the defamatory material in full or profited from the reactions without UMG first right listing the recording so Drake is not only crashing out on UMG and Kendrick but he's also crashing out on content

creators trying to make a honest living like a could be worse stuff that Kaysana and Mark could be doing out here in the universe to collect their paycheck, right? But all they're doing is just reacting to music. And now, guess what? Now, I mean, Mark's thumbnail, that's a little crazy. I ain't a lot of having. If you've previously met Drake and now you have the house with the Pito logos, it's a little crazy.

But as far as in general, you know, making money off of reacting the music, I would be, obviously I'm a little biased, but I just think it's nothing wrong with them doing that. So Drake's saying that they could not have done this without UMG white listing the recording. Why did you not white listed recording? Was that like illegal for you? And you're saying that it wasn't illegal for Kendrick? Because if he's saying that, then that's something else. But if he's saying that content creators, which literally says in the lawsuit,

content creators were thanking Kendrick Lamar for lifting the copyright restrictions. Well, why didn't you copy the same marketing strategy? It's almost as if Kendrick was implementing a better marketing strategy than you, along with implementing wordplay better than you. It was a lot of things that, you know, in the aftermath of the battle, you just come to realize,

Kendrake was just completely mutilating Drake in every single which way you want to look at it. But then, you know what I'm saying? I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? So anyways, that's pretty interesting. I was, I was looking for Hot 97

and I ran into Mark and Kassanep. So, when it comes to Kamala, Kamala, Kamala Harris oh no everybody getting name dropped in this ain't a lot to use this it's a lot being said in this Let me see Kamala Now that's spelled her name right? Oh it is okay Where's Kamala at I don't know why it doesn't take me directly to her

Let me see can I pull this up I don't think so yeah I can't okay cool uh I don't see Kamala anywhere I know she's on here or it wouldn't say one of one So that's what I'm like I don't know why it's not pulling it up Alright let me see if it pulls up the last name Okay, Kynet these. Okay, RDC, Kisanap. I don't see anything with it.

Zius, no life shack. Oh, he named dropping everybody. That boy snitching, snitching. That's crazy. That's actually pretty crazy. Oh. Yeah, I can't find Kamala. It says one-on-one, so it should be on here, but I don't see it anywhere.

But I say, I can't read out. Let's see, president. I feel like whenever it brings up these links, I feel like it's in this link, but I just, I'm not going to click on the link. Not right now. So they basically say Kamala Harris Rally,

July 20th, 20th, 24 had certified lover boy certified pedophile sung by the crowd and it went viral. Is that what, is that what was happening at Kamala Harris Rally? You know, I voted for Kamala. But all I'm saying is,

that's kind of insane. Like, you already know how hip hop can get. And you're out here playing that track and that specific line at your rally? Was it a strip club or a political rally? I'm confused. Anyways,

DNC, roll cast, call vote played when Governor Gavin Newsom. Man, he's just name dropping everybody. So I don't think I've ever covered this before. We're covering all the name drops right now. All right.

So Gavin Newsom also sends me to the link. Reactors like Kassanat, no life shack. Academics, ain't a way he got academics in his lawsuit when he's the number one Drake cheerleader. Having academics in your lawsuit just has to make you look in the mirror and be like, you know what? What am I really doing this for? I'm out here suing act at all people.

You should have just took the L, man. You know, hold on. What are my videos say? Like, at the end of the day, this is what you should have done. protection we needed you win some mm-hmm but you live you live to fight another day got to live to fight another day and suing academics just showcases how you are officially crashing out as your biggest cheerleader getting implemented into this lawsuit at some point you just got to be like man let's just take the L forget about it right but it is for 250 million so you know a lot of

people do a lot of things for 250 million um that being said I I'm Dante. Oh, I know Dante. Okay. Yeah. And then John, uh, Den,

I don't know, Denton. John Denton? I don't know what that is. Huh. That's interesting. That's insane. He's naming politicians,

hip hop influencers, content creators. Like, he just, he's crashing out. Like, I've already covered his crash out, but he is like officially crashing out.

This is insanity. Um, then he goes over to Super Bowl performance. I really want to get to the rally, Hold up. I cannot find it. I'm literally typing in the words and it's not pulling up. Oh, now it's, oh, no, that's viral.

Virally. Hold on. I hate when, like, I'm using the search bar. And it's pulling up like a page. So I'm assuming it's on this page, but I'm not seeing this anywhere on here. I think it's the link. I know I keep saying that,

but I do believe it's the link because I think that's why it's probably in whatever this link is. See, Glyn's people standoff, most popular song. Okay. Whatever. But yeah, he was, name dropping

Kamala Harris and Governor Gavin Newsom and then okay so yeah I think because they are saying the sources as far as NPR variety and hot new hip hop so I think the Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris stuff is in those

is in those links so then we talk about the Grammy Awards I've already talked about that I kind of that's like my most viral social media clip ever which you know shame was plug follow me on my social media this via my link tree in my bio but anyways Um, yeah, my most viral clip ever, I think on Instagram, I don't know about TikTok, is me talking about how the only way to win record of the year as a hip hop musician is to dish drink.

Because of course we have Childish Gambino with This is America, which he literally came out and said it started as a Drake Disney. And then we have not like us that not only won record of the year, but won a plethora of other awards like Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Song. Best music video, best rap performance. And guess what it was? A complete disc track. It didn't start as a Drake disc. The whole entire inception of the track is dissing Drake. Y'all want to know how long Grammy's been around?

Because this is my main point. I was just basically pointing out how Grammys be disrespecting hip-hop. The Grammy's award, the Grammy Awards were created in 1958 with the first ceremony held by May 4th, 1959. This is why people say don't put too much credence into the Grammys because of stuff like this. There's a reason why Jay Z boycotted the Grammys. The reason why DMX got completely snubbed from the Grammys.

Grammys have been disrespecting hip hop from its inception. And the only time we can ever get recognized for a record of the year as when we disdrake, or if it starts off as a Drake disc track as far as Child of Scambinos, this is America. Very insensitive and just a straight up slap in the face to the genre that is hip hop. So anyways, I just had to reiterate my most viral clip. My fault. I had to do that again for the one time. But then, you know what I'm saying?

I was like, damn, look at the state of hip hop. Like, what's going on? All right, so let's keep going. So basically, I think that's it. Yeah, so with Torres-in, it continues to talk about the aftermath of defamation. Y'all don't want to know. So as far as 107 pages, I feel like I'm condensing this enough.

I know there's a long-form review. Not review. It's a breakdown of a lawsuit. But at the end of the day, 107 pages, I ain't going to lie to. It took me way longer than an hour to break this down and put all the notes in. So hopefully I enjoy it.

You know, make sure to hit the, you know, hit the uh rate this five stars share this to somebody who you think would enjoy some drake lawsuit breakdowns thoroughly right and you know definitely it definitely helped me out in algorithm um but yeah pages okay so now we're around 88 to 90 still talking about the defamatory nature of it uh talk about you're talking about how not like us is still dominating on the charts which it is it's not number one or number two or three like it used to be but but, you know, where is it at right now? Not like us.

It's currently the 19th most played track in the world. So, you know, it's pretty pivotal as far as it being a year after. Because Drake is only charting with the album that he just put out. There's no other tracks charting. Yeah. So Kendrick's disc track is still living on. Meanwhile, Drake's disc tracks are nowhere to be found. And Family Matters, I think, is one of the better tracks in the rap battle, if not DeBiss.

so getting to the end from 97 to 107 it's just talking about how it you know it just hurts his personal and professional life so we've already went over that the damages in legal relief that's more of the legal jargon as far as what they want and of course at the very end oh my goodness this lawsuit is long pause um at the very end we don't get Drake we don't get Drake's signature

I don't believe the last lawsuit had Drake signature but this one doesn't has Michael Jay Gottlieb um let me see so Drake is at the beginning he's at page 5 of 107 hmm oh my goodness this man's name all throughout the lawsuit makes sense this is lawsuit so yeah anyways uh going back down to the beginning or to the end so you can see all these people who's representing Drake and this is where people who talk about is the Illuminati real this is where they don't do their research, right? They really show you playing this day, who's the, who moves the needle in the industry, right? And they showcase who is ultimately in power when it comes to certain

deals being conducted. So when people talk about the Illuminati and then they don't even do their due diligence as far as looking up who's the owner of this company. Okay, who's the owner of that company? Okay, who's the owner of this company? Okay, which company owns majority the companies in the world who owns that and then you can't you start to figure out who's in the aluminati but let me not say too much because they may you know what I'm saying they may be like hold up you're enlighten them too much a little too much you know what I'm saying I feel like I'm on my soap right now but anyways so this is the end of the lawsuit um at the end of day I just want you all to know this entire lawsuit is literally Drake's legal counsel going at UMG to let them know

we are still coming for that fetachini because we think y'all use bot and palo la tactics to unfairly tip to scale to make not like us a smash hit versus Drake's Family Matters track, which inherently hurt his negotiation tactics, but not only that, the other sentiments that I talked about at the beginning of the segment as far as the violent acts in the real world violent acts that happen to Drake's bodyguard and things of that nature. So when it comes to the Drake lawsuit centering around UMG promoting not like us, I think that's the main argument that they have that holds some credibility. But when it comes to the defamatory part of the payola, when it comes to the defamatory part of the lawsuit, I think they are complete, I think they have completely lost their minds acting like Drake knowingly being and engaging in a rap battle couldn't in turn end up in him being. completely mutilated verbally, right?

So a defamation part of the lawsuit I'm completely against, but the Paola part, I do believe they have some credence. And like it was back in 2006 where Universal Music Group settled a Paola case for 12 million, I believe with Drake's team wanting 250 million, that number is going to come down a little bit. But I do believe there's a strong possibility that Drake's team could come out on top winning the payola portion and having UMG settle out for the payola portion just like they did back in 2006 but let me know what y'all think click my link here in my bio let me know one of my

social media's how did you enjoy my breakdown what did you enjoy the most which you not enjoy definitely this is a comply entire breakdown the latest lawsuit and the other lawsuits if you type in drake lawsuit analytic dreams with the z i should pop up as far as my previous coverage of those lawsuits and with that being said click my make sure my bio let me know one of my social media is what is your biggest take away from this lawsuit between drake and UMG and do you think drake has a case on the peola side the defamation side or do you think he has a case for both