3 Things: Drake Files Lawsuit Against UMG

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
When you need to know she's got you. It's three
things with tip. Hey, good morning, we're just before nine o'clock,
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want to get out of here, let's start off with Drake.
Anytime I read about this lawsuit, I cannot tell if
it is legitimate and it's a good idea and it

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makes sense, or if it just makes him Look, what's
the phrase I'm looking for? Oh my god, I just
slipped my mind. That makes it look like he's trying
too hard, makes it look desperate. There you go. That's
what it is. If you're like, catch me up to speed.
I had mentioned this when it was in pre litigation,
which essentially means, hey, we're we're organizing all of the
information and the evidence and seeing if we can move

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forward with an actual lawsuit. Drake is filed a lawsuit
against UMG, also known as Universal Music or one of
the biggest players in the game, also represents Drake and
represents Kendrick Lamar. That's good to note there. Basis of
the lawsuit is when you put out not Like Us,
you is defamation. It's a defamation lawsuit saying that everything

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and not Like Us is a lie, and you promoted
it and exploited me and published it and all of
these allegations are untrue and it's dangerous because you wanted
money and fame, etc. Now Not Like Us is up
for four Grammys. Kendrick Lamar got the super Bowl halftime show.

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I would say not Like Us being a reason why
or one of the contributing factors as to why Apple
Music and jay Z chose Kendrick Lamar for the halftime show. Sometimes,
when I look back at it a little bit more,
I'm like, why did they choose Kendrick Lamar? You know,
I get it, he does have a catalog, But when
you think super Bowl, you think mass appeal. Some of

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our Midwest moms in Ohio have no idea who Kendrick
Lamar is. Why would you put him on the Super
Bowl half That's one argument one that I can see
some validity to being, Yeah, he's one of the greatest
rappers of all time. If you're looking at this battle
he won against Drake, it makes him the greatest. Right,
I cannot tell though if it makes Drake look desperate
or if this is legitimate, I could see it being

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I could see Drake being outside of being sore that
he lost. If you're making claims about me being a
pedophile and they're not true, I'm gonna want those out.
I'm gonna want that a gone and a race for
my record and make it very clear I do respect
him on that front. Universal Music Group said, not only
are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would
seek harm and harm the reputation of any artist, let

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alone Drake, is illogical. When there's more in that one,
I'll have it for you, but I'm interested, I'm watching,
I'm keeping my eyes on that one second and three
things you need to know. This morning, Taylor Swift was
dubbed the highest sold album of twenty twenty four with
Tortured Poets Department in the US. She is the only

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artist in this Illuminate is the company that didn't from
nineteen ninety one onward to have three different albums end
of the year at the number one spot. Fearless was
one of them. Tor Poet's Department was another. In nineteen
eighty nine was the last. Six point nine to five
five million, six point nine hundred and fifty five million units,

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where they're equivalent for being sold on Tortured Poets Department.
That's just so much, so much, all right. Lastly, in
three things you need to know, big fan of Severance,
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at Grand Central station and here's Ben Stiller on it.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
We had the office cubicle in the middle of Grand
Central and our actors Tremel, Tillman, Britt Lauer, Zach Cherry
Adam and Yeah, Patricia Arquette were in there doing their
thing for hours and people were just you know, just
watching them behave loved it.

Speaker 1 (04:00):
And Ben Stiller, if you didn't know, is the producer
of the show. That is three things you need to
know for the sixteenth of January. Your chance to win
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