It looks like Drake isn’t taking a step back. Despite the court’s previous ruling against his lawsuit over the diss track Not Like Us.
He is once again stepping up his efforts to get what he believes is his right: justice.
Universal Music Group, a music company, is surprisingly the parent company of both rap artists. But in Drizzy’s lawsuit, they are liable to pay him damages.
Why?
The One dance hitmaker believes this is due to the company’s promotion of K.Dot’s song, where the lyrics called him a pedophile.
“Despite a relationship that spanned more than a decade, UMG deliberately sought to turn Drake into a pariah, a target for harassment or worse,” the document reads.
This in turn had tarnished his reputation and compromised his safety, Drake claims. But U.S. District Court Judge Jeannette A. Vargas, as noted above, dismissed the case, stating that the texts were Lamar’s opinions and not facts.
Defamation laws cannot therefore be applied here, the judge ruled. Undeterred by this ruling, Drake’s legal team has filed an appeal, arguing that the decision could set a dangerous legal precedent.
“The court effectively created an unprecedented and overly broad categorical rule that statements in rap diss tracks can never be statements of fact,” the court document reads.
UMG has more than two months to respond to the appeal; a precise date is March 27.
