{"id":141433,"date":"2025-05-08T15:35:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/drakes-label-umg-files-motion-to-dismiss-his-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:35:22","slug":"drakes-label-umg-files-motion-to-dismiss-his-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/drakes-label-umg-files-motion-to-dismiss-his-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s Label UMG Files Motion to Dismiss His Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">UMG to Drake<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Kendrick Never Said &#8216;Pedophile&#8217; at SB &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">Toss This Lawsuit, Judge!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-05-08T07:35:07-07:00\">May 8, 2025 7:35 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-5e964dc4af39331300ce26ff5c38ed09\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250508_68ab00eafc06418db51db16aa76bdd13\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:07854ced-1edd-4ed0-98d5-ff83a1070d0d\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/68\/4by3\/2025\/05\/08\/68ab00eafc06418db51db16aa76bdd13_md.jpg\" alt=\"drake-umg-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5e964dc4af39331300ce26ff5c38ed09--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9e6bf3968d710b03f382e224e9b042b9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/drake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Drake<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s label says there is a big gap within the lawsuit he is filed over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kendrick-lamar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221; &#8230; and so they&#8217;re mainly saying Drizzy ought to&#8217;ve paid nearer consideration to the Super Bowl Halftime Show.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9e6bf3968d710b03f382e224e9b042b9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-98c82a37f0a98ae152522699061f0f56\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As anticipated, Universal Music Group filed a movement to dismiss the defamation lawsuit, and within the docs they level out Drake, or his legal professionals, made a significant misstep after they amended their lawsuit following Kendrick&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/25\/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show-fcc-complaints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>efficiency at Super Bowl LIX<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-98c82a37f0a98ae152522699061f0f56--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-eb11fe99efb95b684f9357c847f70d9c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-0816031f-27fe-44e9-ad15-31a22ddad2dd-1643076218-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-0816031f-27fe-44e9-ad15-31a22ddad2dd-1643076218-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/fc\/16by9\/2025\/02\/10\/fc55e69d901a416ba0ee321ebc6fc993_md.jpg\" alt=\"020925_kendrick0kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Apple Music\/NFL<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-eb11fe99efb95b684f9357c847f70d9c--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8e057f91ff2e63ebfb7860f6c92169f8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>UMG says Drake&#8217;s lawsuit is not actually about Okay Dot calling him a &#8220;licensed pedophile&#8221; &#8230; as a result of he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/02\/09\/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-performance-drake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>did not even embrace these phrases<\/strong><\/a> in the course of the efficiency. Now, the fact is the Superdome crowd did the injury itself, chanting the lyrics &#8230; however that is not on Kendrick.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8e057f91ff2e63ebfb7860f6c92169f8--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-21e1fc49f91995f2788971d39892bd09\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The label can also be throwing Drake&#8217;s personal phrases again at him &#8212; reminding him that about 3 years in the past, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/drake-megan-the-stallion-sign-protect-black-art-open-letter-1234622613\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>signed a public petition<\/strong><\/a> criticizing prosecutors for utilizing rap lyrics as proof in prison circumstances towards artists. UMG says &#8220;Drake was proper then and is improper now&#8221; &#8230; as a result of his lawsuit is merely an &#8220;try to avoid wasting face for his unsuccessful rap battle with Lamar.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-21e1fc49f91995f2788971d39892bd09--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-858480044ba29becde35ce9db8ab86f9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-3383fe44-ae2d-4e32-adf7-fb33dc71249c-1362414675-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-3383fe44-ae2d-4e32-adf7-fb33dc71249c-1362414675-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1d\/16by9\/2025\/03\/17\/1d0e7f6160df4c03bb4be6dc455bf277_md.png\" alt=\"drake umg\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-858480044ba29becde35ce9db8ab86f9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-ef27cb80eb2bfc202476d7681c294e74\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>UMG&#8217;s backside line is &#8230; rap lyrics are hyperbole, not literal reality. Just as Drake rapped about Kendrick&#8217;s child being fathered by one other man, known as him a home abuser and threatened to slit his throat with a razor &#8212; all lyrics from Drake&#8217;s &#8220;The Heart Part 6&#8221; &#8212; it is exaggeration for the aim of artwork.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ef27cb80eb2bfc202476d7681c294e74--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fd4e9c5c0c3471cbcb828f86afcb7b21\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The label is asking the decide to throw out Drake&#8217;s lawsuit. While that might finish their authorized battle, it positive would make issues awkward at their subsequent enterprise assembly.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-fd4e9c5c0c3471cbcb828f86afcb7b21--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] UMG to Drake Kendrick Never Said &#8216;Pedophile&#8217; at SB &#8230; Toss This Lawsuit, Judge!!! 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