The Court gives access to Drake to Candrick Lamar’s recording contracts

Drake received the green light to access sensitive documents from the record company in its continued slander case over Kendrick Lamar’s song not like us.

The star had requested copies of Kendrick Lamar’s recording contract, as well as wages and bonuses for senior leaders of his recording Universal Music Group (UMG).

Drake accuses the company of slander, allowing Lamar’s song to be published and promoted, claiming to have spread the “false and malicious story” of being a pedophile.

Universal filed the establishment to reject the case last month by calling it a “illogical” attempt to “silence” the creative expression of Lamar.

He also requested a pause in the process of gathering evidence known as Discovery while this request was considered.

However, on Wednesday, Judge Janet A Vargas ordered the opening to continue.

Michael Gottlib, a leader of Drake, celebrates the decision in a statement to the BBC.

“Now is the time to see what Umg was so desperately trying to hide,” he said.

According to a court institution, Drake’s team is looking for documents, including “all contracts between UMG and Kendrick Lamar,” and salaries and plans to stimulate senior recruits, which are returning to 2020.

UMG objected to the request, saying that the “expensive and time -consuming process” process of collecting the “sensitive commercial network” was “unnecessary weight” when the case could still be rejected.

Hearing on the dismissal proposal is scheduled for June 30.

Drake’s trial celebrates the last chapter in his long -standing feud with Lamar.

The pair fenced the heads of a series of rap songs last year. In one, Drake accused Lamar of domestic violence.

Lamar answered not like us, in which he characterizes Drake and his entourage as “certified pedophiles”, which must “register and place on a neighborhood clock”.

In court documents, Drake claims that Universal knows that Lamar’s lyrics are false, but they “continue to hear the flames” of the profit dispute.

The lawsuit also accused Universal of faced Spotify to inflate counterfeit stream numbers for not us, a claim that both companies denied.

In response, Universal, which has been the label of Drake for more than a decade, says: “Not only these statements are not false, but also the notion that we would like to harm the reputation of every artist – let alone Drake – is illogical.”

“Throughout his career, Drake deliberately and successfully used UMG to spread his music and poetry to get involved in conventionally outrageous” rap battles “to express his feelings for other artists.”

In addition, the label claims that Drake has “lost the rap battle that has provoked and in which he has readily participated.”

“He is now striving to arm the legal process to silence the artist’s creative expression and to seek damage from (Universal) to distribute the music of this artist,” the company concluded.

Not like us has become the most hit hit on Kendrick Lamar’s career. In the UK became his first single number one, shortly thereafter He performed it during the halftime of Super Bowl in February.