Kendrick Really Is What The Culture Feeling: Drake Lost The Rap Battle AND The Court Battle – Above the Law

In
the
span
of
the
last
year,
Aubrey
“Drake”
Graham
has
been
dunked
on
more
than
anyone
who
has
had
the
misfortune
of
playing
against
Dwight
Howard.
His
musical
feud
against
Kendrick
Lamar
started
to
get
rough
once
the
Compton
rapper
dropped
“Euphoria,”
a
prophetic
ode
to
a
spiraling
artist
accused
of
grooming
behaviors
who
also
was
an
executive
director
for
a
show
called
Euphoria
that

just
happened
to
have
a
lot
of
racy
content
with
teenagers.
Drake
fired
back
with
a
song
that
was
supposed
to
dead
the
feud
then
and
there,
called
“Family
Matters
—
a
song
that
would
be
considered
good
in
its
own
right
if
Kendrick
didn’t
step
on
the
song’s
release
with
another
family-themed
diss
track
called
“Meet
The
Grahams.”

The
psychoanalysis
session
pretending
to
be
a
musical
track

should
have
been
when
Drake
threw
in
the
towel,
but
he
didn’t
have
much
time
considering
that
“Not
Like
Us”
got
dropped
within
a
24
hour
period.
That
victory
lap
quickly
turned
in
to
everyone
parading
the
corpse
of
Drake’s
career:

Kendrick
won
a
Grammy
for
the
diss
track
with
roaring
applause
from
a
room
of
celebrities,

Conan
O’
Brien
made
a
joke
at
Drake’s
expense
at
the
Oscars,

Will
Ferrell
and
Ana
Gasteyer
performed
Not
Like
Us
at
SNL’s
50th
anniversary,
oh,
and
did
I
mention

THE
SUPER
BOWL
where
Drake’s
ex
Serena
Williams
was
crip
walking
celebratorily?
Just
dunk
after
dunk
after
dunk!

But
as
interesting
as
music
spats
can
be,
we
here
at
Above
The
Law
are
a

legal
website.
That
said,
it
didn’t
take
long
for
the
beat
drops
to
get
replaced
with
gavel
smashing.
Not
Like
Us’s
roll
out
was
so
devastating
that
by
May
7th,

one
astute
observer
wrote
a

joke
article
suggesting
that
the
only
chance
Drake
had
of
salvaging
his
reputation
was
to

sue
somebody
over
how
hard
he
lost.

Drake
then
tried
to
parlay
his
rap
loss
in
to
a
legal
battle.
Fitting
considering
that
Kendrick
accuses
him
of
having
a
gambling
problems
on
Meet
the
Grahams,
but
that’s
an
aside.
He
sued

Universal
Music
Group,

Spotify,
at
one
point
he

even
pointed
blame
at
YouTube
streamers
for
broadcasting
the
song
and
helping
to
run
the
views
up.
But
the
cream
of
the
crop?
After
all
the
dud
musical
responses
and
finger
pointing
and

cringe
smoking
bullet
riddled
hoodie
attempts
at
aura
farming,
the
the
facts
remained.
He
lost
a
rap
battle

so
hard
that
a
judge
had
to
weigh
in.
And
the
judge
did

not
rule
in
his
favor.
ABC
has
coverage:

A
federal
judge
in
New
York
has
dismissed
Drake’s
defamation
case
against
his
record
label,
Universal
Music
Group,
stemming
from
a
rap
battle
with
Kendrick
Lamar.

Judge
Jeannette
Vargas
determined
the
allegedly
defamatory
statements
at
issue
in
the
lawsuit
are
“nonactionable
opinion”
and
dismissed Drake’s
lawsuit
against
UMG.

And
while
the
opinions
may
be
nonactionable
in
the
court
of
law,
they’re
getting
a

lot
of
action
in
the
court
of
public
opinion:

Drake’s
response
to
this
dismissal
is
about
as
childish
as
you’d
expect
from
a
38
year
old
man
who
regularly
refers
to
himself
as
“The
Boy”:

A
spokesperson
for
Drake
said
in
a
statement
obtained
by
ABC
News
that
his
team
intends
to
appeal
the
decision.

For
the
love
of
God,
throw
in
the
towel
Jimmy!
And
this
isn’t
just
advice
for
your
bruised
ego,
it’s
also
for
your
pockets.
Because
I’ll
tell
you
the
main
party
most
situated
to
benefit
from
your
hard
hardheadedness.
Your
lawyers:

It’s
time
to
leave
the
court
room
and
get
back
in
the
studio.
Even
Kendrick
likes
Drake
with
the
melodies.

Drake’s
Defamation
Case
Against
Record
Label
UMG
Dismissed
By
Federal
Judge
[ABC]

Earlier:

Drake
Really
Has
One
Option
Left
Against
Kendrick
If
He
Wants
To
Win

Universal
Music
Group
Pushes
To
Dismiss
Drake’s
Desperate
Attempt
To
Save
Face
From
Lyrical
Beatdown

Drake
Files
RICO
Case
Against
His
Own
Record
Label
After
Being
Musically
Curb
Stomped
By
Pulitzer
Winning
West
Coast
Rapper

Drake
Adds
Kendrick’s
Superbowl
Performance
To
List
Of
Allegedly
Defamatory
Acts

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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
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
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