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‘Billboard Unfiltered’: Drake’s UMG Lawsuit & LiAngelo Ball’s Def Jam Deal


'Billboard Unfiltered' returned with a new episode where the guys debate LiAngelo Ball's Def Jam deal as well as Drake's UMG lawsuit.

29 on this week’s Billboard Hot 100, but staffers Kyle Denis and Damien Scott aren’t too confident he’ll be able replicate this kind of success going forward. Both Denis and Scott would’ve rather seen Def Jam spread out the millions of dollars to other emerging artists rather than betting big on Gelo. The rap world thought Drake was backing down when he withdrew his legal petitions against UMG, but hours later, returned with an official lawsuit against his label filed in New York for defamation surrounding Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” earlier this week.

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