DJ Akademiks Admits Drake’s UMG Lawsuit Was “Weak” From The Jump

Drake simply acquired an enormous narrative replace forward of his new album ICEMAN, whose themes and presumed storyline simply acquired a bit extra advanced. His defamation lawsuit in opposition to UMG over Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us” diss monitor has been shut down by a decide, and longtime allies like DJ Akademiks try to make sense of this.

Nevertheless, the commentator and streamer thinks that Drizzy’s authorized transfer was a “weak-a**” try from the start, for the reason that historical past and precedent of rap beef works in opposition to his arguments. He reacted to the choice on his livestream, as caught by joebuddenclips/fanpage on Twitter. “Such is the case with hip-hop… Individuals say actually nasty issues about one another,” Ak reacted to Decide Jeannette Vargas’ determination.

Additionally, he posited that the 6ix God ought to’ve sued Ok.Dot himself as a substitute of their distributor. As for the decide’s determination, Akademiks thinks that this could’ve been a “landmark precedent case” that may’ve led to many extra lawsuits in hip-hop or regarding its battles. Not solely that, however he pushed again on Drake followers’ reactions to this dismissal, disagreeing with their perspective that allegations of pedophilia are going too far.

Wrapping issues up, the reporter theorized that Decide Vargas did not wish to “open Pandora’s field” with this case and thus caught to the authorized definitions of defamation, reality, opinion, and extra. Though he thinks that Kendrick tried to make his opinion appear as “true” as potential, he nonetheless understood why the decide on this case shut the entire thing down.

Drake’s response through a consultant signifies that he won’t hand over on this but. “We intend to enchantment as we speak’s ruling, and we look ahead to the Court docket of Appeals reviewing it,” their assertion reportedly reads.

In the meantime, different reactions to Drake’s lawsuit’s dismissal are overjoyed on the determination. Of us on the opposite facet of the rap battle reminiscent of Mustard could not assist however snicker at this complete factor, and many people have speculated as to what Kendrick Lamar is likely to be feeling proper now.

Nonetheless, with ICEMAN coming very quickly, this authorized determination will not gradual his efforts to retake the narrative down or stop him from flaunting his persistent success. Will The Boy bounce again?