Drake has pushed for an enchantment in his dismissed lawsuit in opposition to Universal Music Group (UMG) over Kendrick Lamar single “Not Like Us,” ABC News studies.
Three weeks after the lawsuit was dismissed within the Southern District of New York Court by U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas, courtroom reporter Matthew Russell Lee appealed the loss on Wednesday (October 29).
In January, earlier than Kendrick carried out “Not Like Us” at Super Bowl LIX, Drizzy sued UMG, alleging that the music firm and the 22-time Grammy winner plotted a takedown in opposition to him. Specifically, Drake accused Kendrick of defaming him within the track’s lyrics by alleging that he groomed minors.
“Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles,” Kendrick rapped on “Not Like Us,” which was No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 22 consecutive weeks. “Why you trollin’ like a bitch? Ain’t you tired? Tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minor.”
In the swimsuit, attorneys argued that “Not Like Us” “advance[s] the false and malicious narrative that Drake is a pedophile.” The five-time Grammy winner additionally sued for second-degree harrassment, citing Kendrick lyric: “Want action, no accident, and I’m hands-on, He fuck around, get polished.”
“These “specific and unequivocal threats of violence [have] placed [Drake] in a reasonable fear of physical harm,” the swimsuit learn.
But Judge Vargas contested the lyrics being factual, and asserted that they have been purely for the sake of battle rap. Before “Not Like Us” launched final May, Drake and Kendrick have been engaged in back-and-forth diss tracks for weeks.
“‘Not Like Us’ is replete with profanity, trash-talking, threats of violence, and figurative and hyperbolic language, all of which are indicia of opinion,” Vargas wrote.
Before Kendrick struck a closing blow, Drake launched diss tracks “Family Matters” and “Push Ups,” and “Taylor Made Freestyle,” which prompted him to have authorized bother with 2Pac’s property.