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UMG Asks to Halt Discovery In Drake Lawsuit, Says He’s Even Demanding Kendrick’s Contract
Universal wants a judge to halt discovery in Drake’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us," claiming unfairly broad document demands.
“Drake’s requests…seek production of confidential, proprietary, and highly commercially sensitive documents — including all contracts between UMG and Kendrick Lamar,” the label writes. The song, a knockout punch that blasted Drake as a “certified pedophile” over an infectious beat, eventually became a chart-topping hit in its own right and was the centerpiece of Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show. In a court filing last month, Drake’s lawyers said UMG was unfairly seeking to delay the case as their client continued to be defamed — and they cited Lamar’s halftime show as evidence of such ongoing harm.
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