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In an age where misinformation travels faster than truth, we will provide legal and accurate coverage of #Drake ‘s ongoing defamation case against #UMG and iHeart Media.

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@zadcozzy Exactly.

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Our belief is this: The lawsuits filed in November and December 2025 accusing Drake of botting were strategically timed because those involved believed he would drop ICEMAN early this year. The goal was to undermine his streaming dominance and first-week sales. Major media outlets reported on the suits, but the story quickly fizzled out.

Drake announced his official release date of May 15, 2026. This website was created on May 13, 2026 with an article about the bogus Stake lawsuit. Charlamagne then began discussing the lawsuits, insinuating criminal activity and accusing Drake of paying fans to push narratives. The purpose of launching this AI-generated website was to redirect attention back to the lawsuits and discredit any records Drake broke with his album.

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@TheMindOfHY Wouldn’t be surprised if this website is taken down soon. This was the most blatantly display of astroturfing.

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@cozycrodie 🎯 His biggest display of poor self-awareness was when talked about how his daughter had to hear about the allegations from her schoolmates. What about Drake’s son? What about what Drake’s son had to hear from his schoolmates when you sanctioned a performance defaming his father?

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@d_suelo @playpizzyy Correct. Not just any diss song. A diss song that falsely labels Drake a pedophile and registered sex offender in the year where Drake was scheduled to complete his contract renegotiations with UMG Recordings.

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A few months ago, Jay-Z scoffed at the idea that his choice of Kendrick Lamar for the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show was personal. He claimed he simply picked the artist who had the “hottest year.” At the time of his selection, Kendrick Lamar had no album out, only four Drake diss tracks, including the defamatory “Not Like Us,” which he performed during the show.

Today, photos show Jay-Z grinning ear-to-ear alongside Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. Tiffith, Kendrick Lamar’s former label head, runs Top Dawg Entertainment, which has a long-standing joint partnership and distribution deal with Interscope Records (under UMG).

Drake’s lawsuit alleges UMG leveraged its personal relationships and provided financial benefits to Roc Nation for Kendrick Lamar’s performance.

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@TheFreshPen Yes, you’re correct. You’re referring to TDE Punch.

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Late April 2024 seems to be a significant time frame for Kendrick Lamar and his affiliates.

But who knows? It could just be coincidence.

Maybe Kendrick Lamar manifested, a year in advance, that he would co-headline the 2025 Super Bowl and a stadium tour with singer SZA where he performs the defamatory statements in “Not Like Us”.

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The photos of Tiffith and Jay-Z could just be two individuals in the music industry sharing a moment and maybe Jay-Z’s decision wasn’t personal. Who knows? Time will tell.

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@spicyhot1505 @bdotTM 🎯https://t.co/RoSc7N8Tf0

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No correction needed. BDot Miller was rejoicing in it. He crowned Kendrick Lamar the best rapper of 2024 (the year wasn’t even half way over) and dubbed “Not Like Us” the greatest diss record of all time. Drake hasn’t acknowledged BDot in years so we can’t speak to whether there is a relationship.

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@Kurrco Aged like wine.
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@Domthgreat 🎯 UMG Recordings handled the global distribution of the defamatory statements in “Not Like Us”. For the Super Bowl and the dozens of high-profile celebrities that stamped it, all roads seemingly lead back to Jay-Z and Roc Nation.

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@bansky 🎯 Bdot Miller

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@Domthgreat Nah, they’ll just keep calling us conspiracy theorists.
https://t.co/kiWSu2B8is

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Jay-Z denies that his decision to select Kendrick Lamar for the Super Bowl halftime show was personal.

Drake’s lawsuit alleges UMG leveraged its personal relationships and provided financial benefits to Roc Nation for Kendrick Lamar’s performance

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Astroturfing 101. It’s important to note that Roc Nation affiliate Charlamagne was the first to mention this website and the article posted about the bogus Stake lawsuit. He spent several episodes of his Brilliant Idiots podcast insinuating that Stake and Drake are engaged in criminal conduct and his basis was the article published to this website.

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Multiple lawsuits were filed regarding this same accusation in multiple states. Roc Nation was dismissed as a defendant in the Texas lawsuit only due to lack of jurisdiction. The Texas lawsuit is still active against the remaining defendants. The ones in the other states remain active.

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Sharing this again in light of media personality DJ Akademiks’ interview with Roc Nation affiliate Charlamagne.

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It’s our belief that Roc Nation has some involvement in the recent lawsuits and string of bad press surrounding Stake and Drake. Roc Nation has faced previous accusations that it participated in a scheme where money was offered to file frivolous lawsuits against an opponent.

Roc Nation’s fixation on Drake’s business partnership with Stake first became apparent when its attorneys deposed third-parties about Drake’s Stake deal. This was done through a lawsuit that had nothing to do with Stake, Drake or gambling.

For now, there is nothing that substantiates our belief is true and it could all just be coincidence.

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@IJV23IYKYK @Domthgreat No, not any time soon unfortunately. Appeals take time. When there is an update, it’ll be posted. In the meantime, stream ICEMAN, HABIBTI and MAID OF HONOUR.

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@blassicliberal @AkademiksTV Then Nancy Dillon of Rolling Stone, whose reporting has frequently raised eyebrows, published an article about it. They made us and Drake look not credible. Only for iHeartMedia to acknowledge they DO have a payola problem and are now putting measures in place to fix it.

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Drake’s legal team released this statement to the Associated Press (@AP) regarding iHeartMedia.

“We are pleased that the parties were able to reach a settlement satisfactory to both sides, and have no further comment on this matter.”

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Not the first time iHeartMedia has settled after facing allegations of payola. In February 2025, iHeartMedia settled with Drake after he filed a petition accusing UMG Recordings and iHeartMedia of using payola to inflate the success of “Not Like Us”.

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iHeartMedia Settles FCC Payola Investigation, Agrees to Adopt New Reporting Measures to Ensure Legal Compliance https://t.co/ZTUkuFki1U

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Drake with a message on his finsta account following the news that he and iHeartMedia have reached a mutually favorable resolution 😂