It appears Drake is not stepping back. Despite the court’s previous ruling against his lawsuit over the diss track Not Like Us.
He is yet again stepping up efforts to get what he says is his right: justice.
Universal Music Group, a music corporation, is surprisingly a 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 firm’s promotion of K.Dot’s song, which had lyrics calling him a paedophile.
“Notwithstanding a relationship spanning more than a decade, UMG intentionally sought to turn Drake into a pariah, a target for harassment, or worse,” the filing reads.
This had, in turn, dented his reputation and put his security at risk, claims Drake. But the U.S. District Court Judge Jeannette A. Vargas, as mentioned above, dismissed the case, stating the lyrics were Lamar’s opinion, not fact.
Thus, laws of defamation cannot be applied here, ruled the judge. Undeterred by this ruling, Drake’s legal team filed an appeal, arguing that the decision may create a dangerous legal precedent.
“The court effectively created an unprecedented and overbroad categorical rule that statements in rap diss tracks can never constitute statements of fact,” the court document reads.
UMG has more than two months to respond to the appeal; a precise date is March 27.
