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Episode Transcript
Big news in the rap world today. Kendrick Lamar's distrack
Not Like Us has climbed back onto streaming charts just
after a judge dismissed Drake's defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group.
When Drake sued UMG earlier this year, alleging that the
label defamed him by promoting Lamar's scathing lyrics, many expected
(00:20):
a drawn out legal battle, but in a surprising twist,
a US federal judge ruled that the claims in the
song are protected under free speech viewed as opinion not
provable fact, that ruling appears to have re energized listeners.
Reports show Not Like Us re entered the iTunes and
(00:43):
Apple Music Top one hundred charts in multiple countries overnight,
and on the very day the decision dropped, the song
pulled in about one point two million streams on Spotify alone.
Released in May twenty twenty four, amid the caise Kendrick
drake feud, Not Like Us already broke streaming records and
(01:05):
reignited conversations across music circles. Now legal drama has only
added fuel to its fire. Stay tuned with Spate News
as we track what's next. For Kendrick, for Drake, and
for hip hop at large.
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