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Sorry,we take it back: Drake is very clearly still bothered aboutKendrick Lamar.
How do we know?
Apparently, hes focusing onhis lawsuit against Universal Music Group.
We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns.
Drakes filing isnt a lawsuit but a pre-action petition, which helps acquire information ahead of a lawsuit.
Hows Kendrick taking this, you wonder?Hes just dancing.
It alleges this scheme is part of a broader RICO conspiracy UMG is carrying out.
(This despite the fact that Drake also releases music through UMG, on Republic Records.
Spotify and UMG have never had any such arrangement.
This subversion of the normal judicial process should be rejected, the attorneys wrote.
The filing included an affidavit from Spotifys vice-president of music, who attested to how the streamer fights bots.
His action against UMG and iHeartRadio in Texas is still pending.
A representative for Drake declined to comment.
Drakes lawyers wrote they reached an amicable resolution of the dispute with the radio conglomerate, theAssociated Press reported.
Drakes team had alleged that UMG paid iHeartRadio to illegally boost Kendrick Lamars diss track Not Like Us.
Now, instead, Drake is focusing his efforts against Lamar ona defamation lawsuit against UMG.
IHeartMedia said it does not make any overt or covert agreements about airplay with performers.
