Drake‘s attorneys have lastly served an elusive key witness who’s accused of utilizing botting ways to fraudulently inflate numbers on Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us.”

Drake’s Attorneys Serve Elusive Key Witness

After beforehand getting permission from a decide to serve Kojo Menne Asamoah by alternate means, Drizzy’s authorized staff served Asamoah by licensed mail at 5 addresses on Aug. 7, in response to courtroom paperwork obtained by XXL on Monday (Aug. 11). As a part of the subpoena, Asamoah might be required to “produce paperwork, data, or objects or to allow inspection of premises” in reference to alleged botting ways used to assist push “Not Like Us,” the monitor on the middle of Drake’s defamation lawsuit in opposition to UMG.

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Why Does Drake Need to Serve Kojo Menne Asamoah?

Drake believes Asamoah was concerned in “directing funds and/or monetary incentives from UMG to 3rd events concerned in on-line botting for the aim of artificially inflating the streaming numbers of [‘Not Like Us’],” in response to courtroom paperwork. Based on the X web page ovodocket, Asamoah is or was the Senior Director of Digital Advertising for Interscope Data, however this has not been confirmed. 

Drake’s authorized staff has spent months looking for Asamoah, even hiring non-public investigators, which the rapper claims value him hundreds of {dollars}. Asamoah is one among over 60 individuals whom Drake’s attorneys need to testify within the case.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar May Testify in Case

Final month, Drake attorneys and UMG supplied up lists of individuals and entities whom they want to be subpoenaed as potential witnesses to testify within the case. Drake’s large record of potential witnesses contains Drake himself, UMG CEO Lucian Grange, Interscope advertising and marketing president Steve Berman, Republic Data CEO Monte Lipman, pgLang, Roc Nation, Tidal, TikTok, YouTube and extra.

UMG’s record has 9 names, together with Drake and Kendrick Lamar.