Drake wins a legal victory in his ongoing fight against UMG; His legal syndrome can start the discovery process

Drake won a key battle on Wednesday morning in his case against his label, Universal Music Group (UMG). The judge in New York rejected the company’s application to delay the discovery in the case, preparing a scene for the rapper team from Toronto, to start the discovery process, which can include deprivation of key managers and demanding the production of documents, especially information contracts, expenses and promotional budgets, etc. related to Kendrick Lamar and UMG.

Drake’s case against UMG results from his annual beef with rapper Kendrick Lamar. In March 2024, Lamar appeared in the song “Like That” from the joint album Future and Metro BOCOMIN “We Don’t Trust You”, where he closed the concept that in rap was Big-3 (a nod to the verse of J. Cole in the song of Drake “First Person Shooter”, in which the rapper from North Carolina announced that he, Drake Kendrick.

In November 2024, Drake submitted legal activities against UMG and Iheartradio, claiming that each corporations promoted Lamar’s record through shady industry practices to boost the Lamar record to devalue the Drake brand, and in the case of UMG, effectively devaluating one in all their very own artists Marquee (Drake) in favor of one other (Lamar). Drake’s case against Iheartmedia was resolved, but Drake’s legal proceedings against UMG finally accomplished the full trial, which also included a claim for defamation; Drake claims that Lamar’s song incorporates texts about him as facts that were false and harmful to his brand.

The Wednesday ruling begins the trial of Drake’s plan, in which you can examine the records of UMG in order to find out whether Lamar’s song was unfairly promoted at Drake’s expense.

Drake’s chief lawyer, Michael Gottlieb, said in response to the ruling, through the statement: “Now it’s time to see what UMG is trying to hide so desperately.”

Currently, Drake’s “Nokia” is song No. 6 on the Hot 100 Billboard list; “Luther” by Kendrick Lamar from Shara takes place No. 1. The song in the theorem “Not Like Us” is Song No. 8 on the same chart.