Drake is pushing the courts to drive Common Music Group into handing over recordsdata from its CEO & chairman, Lucian Grainge. He and his legal professionals accuse the mogul of personally approving the discharge of the claims made in Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Within the 76-page authorized submitting submitted on August 12, Drake’s legal professionals contended that Grainge knowingly pushed the claims within the track, although they have been false.
Grainge’s involvement, based on the submitting, might reveal “precise malice.” Precise malice refers back to the authorized requirement wanted to show defamation. It will additionally imply that Grainge acted with “reckless disregard” for the details.
Negligence or just failing to analysis a declare extra deeply doesn’t show precise malice in a defamation case. Drake’s legal professionals say Grainge’s communications might present he knew the claims made in “NLU” have been false.
UMG initially tried to stop Grainge from being included in discovery by labeling him an “apex government.” The apex doctrine shields high-ranking executives from being deposed throughout the usual discovery course of. UMG later retracted that. As an alternative, the corporate now states that Grainge had “no significant involvement” within the track’s launch. Furthermore, they argue that any materials from Grainge would merely be duplicate data.
Drake Lucian Grainge Relationship
Lucian Grainge’s title is current elsewhere within the paperwork filed during the last a number of months. Drake’s legal professionals consider that Grainge’s look on the Grammys and celebrating Lamar’s “Not Like Us” wins is related to their case. Additionally they allege that UMG was “incentivized” to devalue Drake’s music to achieve leverage in contract renegotiations.
They requested all communications and paperwork pertaining to the contract that came about between January 2023 and the day Lamar launched “Not Like Us.” UMG reportedly supplied a closely redacted model of the contract upon first request. Drake’s legal professionals are looking for the unredacted model.
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