February 11, 2025
The legal professionals declare that the label is “masquerading” claims of creative self-government for benefit over the expense of recording artists.
The legal professionals for disgruntled Canadian recording artist Drake issued a remark on Sunday, Feb. 9, at the future of his rival Kendrick Lamar’s Tremendous Bowl Halftime efficiency, chastising the label that each artists report for, Common Tune Workforce.
The prison crew for the “For All the Dogs” rapper attacked the Common Tune Workforce prior to greater than 126 million folk witnessed Lamar showcasing his skill on the halftime display. The legal professionals declare that the label is “masquerading” claims of creative self-government for benefit over the expense of recording artists. The Pristine York Instances’ Joe Coscarelli posted the remark on his X account prior to the beginning of the competition between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas Town Chiefs.
“UMG is masquerading as a champion of artistic freedom by calling its actions merely ‘entertainment,’ but there is nothing entertaining about pedophilia or child abuse in the real world. We are confident that the evidence we will ultimately present at trial—including information we’ve already learned and continue to receive since filing the lawsuit—will expose UMG’s gross prioritization of its own corporate profits and executive bonuses over its exclusively signed artists’ well-being and the truth.”
unutilized remark from Drake’s prison crew forward of the Tremendous Bowl halftime display, the place Kendrick Lamar may achieve ~100 million folk without delay with “Not Like Us”
Drake has sued (his and Kendrick’s label) Common Tune Workforce, calling their promotion of the tune defamatory pic.twitter.com/eXEXpIbMsi
— Joe Coscarelli (@joecoscarelli) February 9, 2025
The Canadian rapper filed a lawsuit accusing the label of artificially inflating the numbers and collaborating in a pay-per-click scheme to aid advertise Lamar’s tune “Not Like Us” with iHeartMedia, the father or mother corporate of iHeartRadio, primarily based in San Antonio. The go well with additionally alleges that the 2 entities intentionally harmed Drake’s reputation.
Common Tune Workforce responded to the accusation, soliciting for that the lawsuit be disregarded in accordance with safe separate accent, in step with the Texas Citizens Participation Act. The label is looking for the dismissal of the petition and the preserving of all related proof till the court docket decides. It additionally asks that Drake pay the prices and lawyer charges related to the petition.
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