Drake's trying to have his cake and eat it too ... according to his music label UMG, which says his whole lawsuit over "Not Like Us" is really just sour grapes because Kendrick Lamar buried him in their rap beef.
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00:00To Drake's legal battle, his legal battle over the song Not Like Us.
00:04You know that he has sued his own record label, UMG, Universal Music Group.
00:09Which is also Kendrick's label.
00:11Kendrick Lamar's label, but he's suing them over the song Not Like Us,
00:14saying that it's defamation, you know I'm not a pedophile,
00:18why would you put this song out?
00:20Well, UMG has now answered and they're basically calling him out for being...
00:25Hypocritical.
00:26Hypocritical, that he was fine with it when he was hurling accusations at Kendrick.
00:32And serious accusations, calling him a domestic violator.
00:36Yeah, yeah.
00:37Saying his kid is not really his, not his business partner,
00:41is the father of one of his kids, it is...
00:44So here's what Universal said in the...
00:46They're asking the judge to throw this lawsuit out.
00:48They're saying, after losing the rap battle...
00:51Can you stop?
00:52That's a huge statement from his own label.
00:57That's such a big statement.
00:58After losing the rap battle, Drake claims that Not Like Us is defamatory.
01:03And they say it is not.
01:05Drake has been pleased to use UMG's platform to promote tracks leveling,
01:09similarly incendiary attacks at Lamar.
01:13And they're basically saying, you can't have your cake and eat it too.
01:16You can't have your cake and eat it too.
01:18It's fine for us to do it when you have things to say about another artist.
01:22They're calling him a sore loser.
01:23This is the consensus on the internet.
01:26Everybody thinks that Kendrick won the battle.
01:28He did the pop out.
01:29He did the Super Bowl.
01:31Everybody thinks he has the victory lap.
01:33And UMG is really echoing what the people think.
01:36The question to me is, how does Drake and UMG work together when he's suing them this way?
01:45And that they, UMG, has basically come out and say, you're a whiny little bitch.
01:52I mean, that is exactly what they're saying.
01:54They really don't.
01:55They could have just said that, but the lawyers would have saved their lives.
01:57Drake has been releasing a lot of projects lately.
01:59And it's probably time to move on.
02:01He's probably due for a new contract pretty soon.
02:04And he'll probably take his talents elsewhere.
02:06He may.
02:07But I don't know how many albums he owes UMG.
02:10But this is going to be a rocky road for both of them.
02:15I just, the fact that the label makes the point several times in the documents.
02:19And there are almost 100 pages.
02:22But several times they refer to him as losing.
02:25Calling Drake the loser of this battle.
02:28Sometimes they put it on other commentators.
02:32But they basically just say, you lost.
02:35Stop with the sour grapes.
02:37My name is Torshia from South Florida.
02:39So there will be a blemish on Drake's star for some time to come.
02:43And not because he lost this rap battle, but how he has handled the loss and his reaction.
02:50This battle was a two-way street in which both artists actively took part.
02:55We, the audience, loved it.
02:56But then when things didn't go his way, he had a huge blunder in filing suit.
03:02So at this point, UMG is just saying what everybody's been thinking.
03:06And in this case, they did their job.
03:09And Drake is just being a salty loser.
03:12I mean, they have the best defense.
03:13We put out his songs, too.
03:15We put out Drake's songs.
03:17And when he was taking shots at Kendrick.
03:20I don't get it.
03:21I mean, it's so-
03:22Weirdest lawsuit.
03:24No, the whole thing.
03:25It's so obvious.
03:27I mean, the whole thing is just so obvious.
03:30Drake lost to then go after Kendrick when you did the same thing to Kendrick that he's
03:36doing to you.
03:37And you fought back and forth nine times.
03:40I mean, I don't understand why he thought this was a good idea.
03:42I'm going to ask you a question.
03:43Would you be surprised if the judge looked this over and just said, forget this whole
03:47thing?
03:47Judge is going to say, my ruling, you're a whiny little bitch.
03:52OK, the judge is not going to do that.
03:54Thanks for your weighing in with your legal mind.