Drake’s federal lawsuit has taken an fascinating flip, with UMG allegedly in search of to subpoena each Drake and Kendrick Lamar to testify.
Noticed on XXL, each events have issued their lists of people that may probably be hit with subpoenas to testify within the ongoing case the place Drake is accusing UMG of defaming him by pushing Ok.Dot’s legendary, Grammy Award-winning diss observe, “Not Like Us.”
In authorized paperwork obtained by the Hip-Hop publication/web site, the authorized workforce for the Canadian rapper who hilariously claimed that “he studied rap battles for a dwelling,” listed 63 people and entities whom they imagine may present data associated to the case.
Each Kendrick Lamar & Drake Are On Witness Lists
As for who’s on the record, XXL studies names like UMG CEO Lucian Grange, amongst others.
Per XXL:
Drake’s huge record of potential witnesses contains Drake himself, UMG CEO Lucian Grange, Interscope advertising president Steve Berman, Republic Data CEO Monte Lipman, pgLang, Roc Nation, Tidal, TikTok, YouTube, SoundCloud, Spotify, the NFL and extra.
One title record is Kojo Menne Asamoah, who Drake’s workforce claims used “covert techniques to advertise the Defamatory Materials.” Drake’s legal professionals have been unable to find Asamoah regardless of hiring personal investigators and making an attempt to serve him at a number of addresses.
As for UMG’s record of potential witnesses, there are 9 names on the record, together with Drizzy and Kendrick Lamar, in addition to the West Coast lyricists’ supervisor, Anthony Selah. Lamar just isn’t named as a defendant within the lawsuit.
We are going to proceed to observe the progress of this authorized matter.
