{"id":69744,"date":"2025-04-16T13:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T17:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=69744"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:42:57","slug":"drake-has-filed-an-amended-lawsuit-accusing-universal-music-group-of-intentionally-defaming-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/drake-has-filed-an-amended-lawsuit-accusing-universal-music-group-of-intentionally-defaming-him\/69744\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake has filed an amended lawsuit, accusing Universal Music Group of intentionally defaming him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent development in his ongoing lawsuit, <strong>Drake<\/strong> has amended his legal complaint, now expanding it to 107 pages from the original 81. The amended filing makes serious accusations against <strong>Universal Music Group (UMG)<\/strong>, claiming that the label deliberately orchestrated a campaign to defame Drake by promoting Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track at both the <strong>Super Bowl halftime show<\/strong> and the <strong>Grammys<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The song, which includes pointed lyrics directed at Drake, was showcased to over <strong>133 million people<\/strong>, including \u201cmillions of children\u201d who were likely unaware of the controversy before the performance. <strong>Drake\u2019s legal team<\/strong> is asserting that this public airing of the diss track was meant to <strong>assassinate Drake\u2019s character<\/strong>. They specifically claim that it was the first <strong>Super Bowl halftime performance<\/strong> intentionally designed to <strong>harm the reputation of another artist<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong> was pressured to omit the word \u201cpedophile\u201d from his lyrics during the live performance to avoid any backlash, with the legal team suggesting that the performance would have been <strong>canceled<\/strong> if the controversial term had been included. <strong>Drake\u2019s team<\/strong> strongly asserts that falsely labeling someone as a \u201ccertified pedophile\u201d is not only <strong>damaging<\/strong> but <strong>unacceptable<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Further complicating the matter, the complaint highlights that UMG continued to support and promote Lamar\u2019s performance at the Super Bowl, despite the ongoing legal battle. Drake\u2019s legal team claims that <strong>UMG\u2019s actions<\/strong> were done with the intent to cause harm to Drake, pointing out that the label\u2019s involvement in the promotion was <strong>deliberate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s attorney, <strong>Michael Gottlieb<\/strong>, expressed confidence that the amended complaint strengthens their case, noting that <strong>UMG\u2019s PR attempts<\/strong> and attempts to avoid discovery will not suppress the truth. Gottlieb stated that <strong>Drake<\/strong> is now fully prepared to expose the <strong>evidence of misconduct<\/strong> and hold <strong>Universal Music Group accountable<\/strong> for its actions against their client.<\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit continues to grow in complexity, with <strong>Drake<\/strong> and his legal team looking to make their case stronger and potentially expose serious issues within the music industry\u2019s biggest players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent development in his ongoing lawsuit, Drake has amended his legal complaint, now expanding it to 107 pages\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":69745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[393],"class_list":["post-69744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-drake"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}