Drake's UMG Lawsuit Dives Into Kendrick Lamar Abuse Allegations

Drake is trying to expose alleged acts of home violence dedicated by Kendrick Lamar within the defamation lawsuit towards Common Music Group.

Drake Seems to Expose Kendrick Lamar Home Violence Allegations

On Tuesday (Aug. 12), Drake’s authorized staff filed the most recent movement of their federal lawsuit towards the music large over Okay-Dot’s “Not Like Us.” The request is to show over of dozens of recordsdata pertaining to the case, in accordance with court docket paperwork obtained by XXL on Wednesday (Aug. 13). Among the many 75 doc requests are calls for to surrender paperwork “regarding home violence, violence towards girls, and/or different types of violence dedicated by Kendrick Lamar Duckworth.”

As well as, the submitting asks for “all paperwork and communications regarding [Dave Free] and his relationship to Kendrick Lamar and Kendrick Lamar’s kids.”

Drake appears to need to substantiate allegations he made on the 2024 Kendrick Lamar diss track “Household Issues,” the place he accused Kendrick Lamar of beating his spouse, Whitney. Drake additionally insisted on the track that Kendrick’s children would possibly truly be Dave Free’s kids.

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Drake’s Attorneys Need Kendrick Lamar’s Contract

Drake’s attorneys are additionally looking for Kendrick Lamar’s full UMG contract. UMG turned over a duplicate of the settlement on June 24. Nonetheless, the doc was closely redacted.

“The redactions are plainly improper, particularly as a result of the events particularly agreed to deal with a majority of these contracts as Attorneys’ Eyes Solely underneath phrases of the protecting order,” Drake’s attorneys’ new submitting reads.

Now, they’re asking the decide to make UMG flip over the total factor.

Drake’s Attorneys Go After UMG CEO Lucian Grainge

The Canadian rapper’s authorized staff argues that UMG is wrongly shielding its CEO, Lucian Grainge, from scrutiny by reversing its personal prior statements about his function and withholding proof central to Drake’s claims. They need UMG to show over all custodial recordsdata regarding Grainge’s promotion and information of false allegations levied by Kendrick Lamar on “Not Like Us.”

Drake’s staff lately scored a win after they efficiently served an elusive key witness within the case, Kojo Menne Asamoah, who’s accused of working with Interscope to make use of bots to artificially inflate “Not Like Us.”

XXL has reached out to Kendrick Lamar’s staff, Drake’s attorneys and UMG for remark.