Drake Is Now Allowed To Request Kendrick Lamar's Contract Amongst Other Documents in "Not Like Us" Lawsuit
“Now, it’s time to see what UMG was so desperately trying to hide.”
Progress has been made for Drake in his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group. News of Drake being allowed to request Kendrick Lamar‘s contract and other documents in the “Not Like Us” lawsuit have surfaced. This comes after a judge denied Universal’s request to stay in the discovery process while allowing Drake to proceed with the process of requesting additional contract information from the label.
The pre-trial conference earlier today saw Judge Jeanette Vargas rule in favor of Drake’s legal team. They can now begin deposing executives and requesting documents. UMG asked the judge last month to stay all discovery in the case which included the demand for “all contracts” between UMG and Kendrick Lamar, as well as compensation, incentives and more for Interscope CEO John Janick and other executives.
Drake’s lead attorney Michael Gottlieb said in a statement to Variety regarding these requests, “Now it’s time to see what UMG was so desperately trying to hide.” Just last month, UMG entered a letter to stay discovery, claiming that Drake’s first set of discover requests caused “undue burden” and “require costly collection and review of large swaths of hard-copy and electronic data sets, contracts and agreements, and communications.” UMG has yet to respond to the recent update in the case that allows Drake’s team to request contract information of Kendrick Lamar.
