Overview

• Drake filed motions to compel production of Sir Lucian Grainge’s internal communications, asserting that the emails and texts could demonstrate UMG’s actual malice in promoting Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”
• The rapper also demands an unredacted copy of Kendrick Lamar’s 22-page Interscope contract, arguing that the label’s heavy redactions obscure its power to approve or veto the release of the track.
• Discovery requests have expanded to seek documents related to allegations of domestic violence against Lamar and David “Dave Free” Friley’s relationship with Lamar’s children.
• Drake served a subpoena on Kojo Menne Asamoah over allegations that UMG used bots, secret payments and influencer campaigns to inflate streaming numbers and virality for the diss track.
• Universal Music Group has called the lawsuit baseless, and Lucian Grainge submitted a declaration denying any role in the track’s approval or promotion; the court has yet to rule on Drake’s latest discovery motions.