Shaky
Warrior
(Photo
by
Cole
Burston/Getty
Images)
Some
Above
the
Law
stories
require
a
certain
level
of
objectivity,
balance,
and
finesse
to
be
done
well.
This
is
not
one
of
them.
Drake’s
goofy
ass
is
still
trying
to
make
fetch
happen
by
converting
his
Superbowl-publicized
hip-hop
loss
into
a
courtroom
victory.
The
Teenage
Fever
star’s
legal
strategy
of
blaming
everyone
but
Kendrick
and
himself
for
his
L
is
zoning
in
on
UMG’s
Lucian
Grainge,
accusing
him
of
conspiring
against
Drake.
The
Guardian
has
coverage:
As
Drake’s
lawsuit
continues
against
his
record
label’s
parent
company,
Universal
Music
Group
(UMG),
his
lawyers
have
claimed
that
UMG’s
British
chair
and
chief
executive
Lucian
Grainge
had
a
“role
in
and
knowledge
of
the
scheme
to
defame
and
harass”
Drake,
and
have
requested
that
UMG
produce
texts
and
emails
by
Grainge.UMG
has
previously
denied
access
to
those
communications,
stating
that
Grainge
has
“no
meaningful
involvement
in
the
matters
and
decisions
at
issue
in
this
litigation”.
It
seems
like
the
famous
actor
we
once
knew
is
looking
paranoid
and
now
spiraling.
We
do
not
have
unreleased
footage
of
what
Drake
must
have
looked
like
as
he
compelled
his
lawyers
to
try
and
make
something
out
of
a
fishing
expedition,
but
I’d
imagine
that
it
looked
something
like
this:
The
desperate
clawing
for
anything
that
could
clear
Drake’s
name
isn’t
stopping
with
Lucian.
Back
in
Family
Matters,
Drake
insiunated
that
Dave
Free
was
the
actual
father
of
Kendrick
Lamar’s
children.
And
while
it
made
for
a
catchy
vocal
stim
in
a
song,
the
likelihood
of
it
being
anything
more
than
a
rumor
quickly
fell
out
for
even
one
of
Drake’s
most
ardent
fanboys:
Drake
is
bringing
the
question
back
and
pushing
for
documents
to
determine
if
Kendrick
Lamar’s
children
were
fathered
by
Lamar
or
Dave
Free:
If
you
are
unfortunate
enough
to
remember
Drake’s
thematically
and
qualitatively
sad
attempt
to
respond
to
“Not
Like
Us”
titled
“The
Heart
Pt.
6”
—
not
to
be
confused
with
Kendrick
Lamar’s
“The
Heart
Pt.
6,”
an
actual
piece
of
good
art
—
you
know
that
Drake
claims
everything
he
said
during
the
rap
spat
was
factual.
If
that’s
true,
shouldn’t
he
already
have
some
reliable
information
on
the
documentation
he’s
requesting
above?
Tell
you
one
thing
—
it’ll
be
a
sad
day
in
a
Toronto
recording
studio
if
Drake’s
legal
team
somehow
manages
to
get
all
of
the
documents
they’re
requesting
and
it
does
goose
egg
to
help
him
in
the
long
run.
Drake
Lawyers
Allege
Universal
Head
Lucian
Grainge
‘Personally
Involved’
In
Kendrick
Lamar
Diss
Track
[The
Guardian]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
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He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
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learning
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swim, is
interested
in
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philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
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