The legal battle between Drake<\/a><\/strong> and Universal Music Group (UMG)<\/strong> is experiencing a new twist. The Canadian rapper is now asking to see the recording contract of Kendrick Lamar<\/a><\/strong>, a request that pushed UMG <\/strong>to seek the intervention of a federal judge to block any discovery procedure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to documents obtained by Billboard, the legal team of Drake<\/strong> seeks access to "highly commercially sensitive documents," including not only Lamar's contract, but also details of executive compensation.UMG<\/strong>The label calls these requests unjustified and is trying to have them rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael Gottlieb<\/strong>, lawyer of Drake<\/strong>, said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n "This motion is a tactic by UMG to avoid producing documents they hope to keep hidden. If UMG has nothing to hide, discovery should not be an issue."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n This escalation comes shortly afterUMG<\/strong> has requested that Drake's initial complaint be dismissed. The label claims the rapper "lost a self-inflicted rap battle" and that his complaint is "completely without merit."<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gottlieb<\/strong> refutes this interpretation: "\u00a0UMG<\/strong> tries to reduce this to a simple rap battle to distract from the real issue: a company profiting from dangerous misinformation that has already led to acts of violence."<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the efforts ofUMG<\/strong> to slow down the procedure, the judge Jeanette Vargas<\/strong> maintained the preliminary hearing on April 2 and authorized the start of the discovery phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This case could have significant repercussions for the music industry, shining a spotlight on major label practices and artist rights. It also raises questions about transparency in the contracts of high-profile artists like Kendrick Lamar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the conflict escalates, the hip-hop industry and fans eagerly await further developments in this legal battle that promises to redefine the relationship between artists and labels in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A story to follow! <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo: @champagnepapi\/Instagram<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The conflict between the Canadian rapper and the music industry giant takes a new turn, raising questions about transparency in the hip-hop world.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[679,680,677,670,675,678,674,676,434,681],"class_list":["post-1727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usa","tag-actualites","tag-drake","tag-gottlieb","tag-hip-hop","tag-jeanette-vargas","tag-journal","tag-kendrick-lamar","tag-umg","tag-universal-music-group","tag-universal-music-group-umg"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4418,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1727\/revisions\/4418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n