I’m always gonna think he’s a PDF

This doesn’t change anything

This will not change a thing

Kendrick still won the beef

Comparing that to posting edits of Kendrick in a cotton field surrounding slaves pickin cotton.. I wouldn’t give them that silver medal

These lawyers be thirsty lol smh

Stay on my d***

It’s literally not defamation, the world was calling Drake a pedophile for years before Not Like Us came out

It was also a war of words, you act like Kendrick woke up randomly one day and released a song calling Drake a pedophile. The judge already brought up Family Matters and the beef at large because it is absolutely relevant in this case. You keep looking at NLU in a vacuum and ignoring all of the context in which it was released in.

Simply saying something harmful & potentially untrue about someone is not defamation in and of itself as it is defined in a court of law

twitter weirdos and pop star stans are not the world

some bum on twitter fishing for likes aint the same as your label putting AAA money behind a song calling you certified pdfile

Ive heard people IRL who have no stake in any stan wars say hes a pedo like 5-6 years ago. I had to hit the

I dont think yall realize how much regular people who aren't invested in defending and attacking a rapper thought the MBB s*** was inappropriate

A music label promoting a popular song is not defamation

Again, there needs to be more than just a harmful and untrue statement to be proven defamation in a court of law. And for the hundredth time, Kendrick Lamar is not the first person to call Drake a pedophile

I think Drake stans really think that “this person said something mean about me!!!” equals defamation when that’s not how it works at all

There needs to be both proven and documented financial AND reputational damage. Drake has suffered neither as a result of Not Like Us.

''2Pac literally mocking Prodigy for having sickle cell anemia. Did Prodigy sue? Nope''.

What could Prodigy sue him for? Makes no sense to compare that to a superstar suing his own LABEL - not a rapper - in a defamation case

Should've thought about that before becoming one

What did his b**** ass do?

Personally I would be like, name another time i groped someone under 18, I’ll wait. ” and get back to work

UMG played themselves big time because Drake wouldn't have been able to sue them if they hadn't let their ego and pride determine how they interacted with him. It's very clear that Drake and UMG had issues brewing even before this Kendrick beef came in the picture because no one does a sudden 180° turn on their biggest star overnight.

Drake's legal team has already submitted pages upon pages of correspondence between him and UMG, where he asked to meet with them regarding the defamatory material on Not Like Us and how the massive push behind it was messing with his actual life and they told him to f*** off. He asked them to put out a statement as a label basically saying what they're saying now: that he isn't a pedophile and the allegations in the song are only meant to be taken as hyperbole and UMG told him to f*** off as well so good luck to them proving to a judge that they didn't have malicious intent.

UMG could have easily put out a statement clarifying that the things being said by both parties weren't meant to be taken as fact and covered their asses legally from both sides. If they'd done that and Drake still sued them, they'd at least have that to show the judge that they weren't being malicious and the judge would have dismissed this case months ago. They didn't because there was always a plan in place for who they were going to push viciously and who they were aiming to f*** over.

It's especially funny seeing them now trying to act like they've only ever worked in Drake's best interest, all the while behind the scenes daring him to sue them and taunting him saying the rap world would mock him if he sued them and so he better not do it. When Drake's lawyers made mention of it at first, it seemed like a reach but since then, UMG has threatened him publicly, telling him to be careful what he wishes for and using motions and legal briefings to m taunt and mock him — these are all things the judge is reading and picking up on btw.

How do you do all that and then tell the very person you claim to be protecting and working in service of to f*** off when they tell you that material you're massively pushing and promoting is harming their everyday life? Especially when it's material you claim you've always known is false? Moreover, how do you prove that to a judge who now has a long-enough history showing you have been dealing in bad faith with Drake months before he ever sued you?

8am typing novels to defend a groomer

Posts like that really confirmation a nigga gotta take a break man lol dont wanna be like bum users like that.

Be back later, airmailing errbody itt strength (hope you been doing good @Delete1 ) ✌🏿

Mental illness

Never thought I’d say this but thegropedivine makes Condom Eyes look sane

name another time in this context is crazy lmao

I am so sorry to hear this brother my thoughts are with you and your family

Didn’t he call himself a pedo first?

Drake: “Tell em I like young girls.”

Kendrick: “Certified lover boy. Certified pedophile.”

Drake: “THIS F***ING MIDGET CALLED ME A PEDOPHILE!!!!!!”

Drake just salty everyone was saying that line, and not “DAVE FREEEEEEEeeeeeeeee”. Nothing deeper than that.

Keep your head up man. Sending much love your way.

This doesn't hold up because everything said in Taylor Made Freestyle before Drake's actual voice comes in isn't (meant to be taken as) Drake. He used the voice change, as well as rapped from the perspectives of 2Pac and then Snoop Dogg for that very reason.

You can't ignore that context and then say "well, Drake asked Kendrick to say he liked young girls!!!" and it's funny how y'all love to ignore the very next line after that about the Joe Budden Podcast saying that and so that means it's automatically true. You know, the same Joe Budden Podcast that has a disclaimer before the start of every episode that boldly states that nothing said on the podcast should be taken as fact.

If you and I are having a heated verbal argument and I dare you to kill me and you pull out a pistol, shoot me multiple times and I die, you're still a murderer. You can't claim "well, Judge, here's footage of the deceased asking me to murder him!" as a logical defense. It won't hold in a court of law.

The judge asked the questions she asked during the oral arguments to get the proper context of the entire run of events leading up to Not Like Us and after it. If you're gonna bring up other diss tracks, explain them within their full proper contexts.

So sorry about your loss. Sending you love and strength ♥️

just tells you IG isn’t the whole picture