"A desperate ploy to avoid accountability..." - Drake's legal team responds to UMG's lawsuit dismissal motion

A surprising byproduct of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef was the latter’s lawsuit filed against the Universal Music Group. The Toronto rapper alleged foul play from the label and filed a lawsuit citing defamation and harassment.

UMG recently fired back at Drake with the following public statement,

“Instead of accepting the loss like the unbothered rap artist he often claims to be, he has sued his own record label in a misguided attempt to salve his wounds. Plaintiff’s complaint is utterly without merit and should be dismissed with prejudice”.

Now, Drizzy’s legal team is pushing back accusing UMG of engineering "A desperate ploy to avoid accountability”. As the plot continues to thicken concerning the legalities of what UMG was up to behind the scenes of the beef, let’s look at the latest in terms of where the case currently stands.

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Drake’s legal team responds to UMG’s latest statements

Drake’s legal team responded to UMG’s most recent public statement saying,

“UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in order to distract its shareholders, artists and the public from a simple truth: a greedy company is finally being held responsible for profiting from dangerous misinformation that has already resulted in multiple acts of violence."

The response continued,

"This motion is a desperate ploy by UMG to avoid accountability but we have every confidence that this case will proceed and continue to uncover UMG’s long history of endangering, abusing and taking advantage of its artists."

It will be interesting to see how this entire situation plays out, and how long it will be before both sides get some finality in the shape of an official judge's ruling. Until then, it seems that neither side is willing to relent or compromise on the path to what they see as restitution.