That Drake filed an official defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the company of spreading the false narrative that he is a pedophile through Kendrick Lamar¡¯s now-legendary diss track, ¡°Not Like Us¡± has annoyed many in the Hip-Hop community.
But a group of individuals who happen to be named deep in the complaint are particularly annoyed. On pages 52 and 53 of the lengthy suit, the Toronto rapper¡¯s attorneys name several content creators and alleged that UMG allowed these personalities to monetize reactions to Lamar¡¯s diss track without enforcing copyright claims.
Drake believes that this helped spread the false claims that he¡¯s a child predator and is an example of the company prioritizing money over the 6-God¡¯s reputation.
The content creators implicated in the suit are some of the most popular online. They include Kai Cenat, NoLifeShaq, RDC Gaming, Cartier Family, and Zias.
Their reactions to Lamar¡¯s diss track garnered millions of views, with the lowest gaining 2 million (Cartier Family) and the highest gaining 9 million (Kai Cenat).
Reactions from content creators
Naturally, the creators named (and many who weren¡¯t) are unhappy with Drizzy and have criticized him on social media and other online platforms.
The loudest may have been No Life Shaq, who posted a 10-minute long YouTube video titled, ¡°DRAKE SNITCHED ON ME!¡±
In the video, he says, ¡°This n***a Drake done snitched on the reaction community! N***a we chillin¡¯, having fun, and you got us listed in a case? This gotta be the softest n***a ever, dog.¡±
RDC Gaming responded while on stream by simply saying, ¡°One thing I learned in my life is this dawg¡ The biggest ¡®Ls¡¯ come from not knowing how to take an ¡®L.¡¯ Some n****s just got a take an L and move on.¡±
Zias likely had the most explosive reaction when he learned that he was named in the lawsuit, and even jokingly called a lawyer on stream to let them know that he was counter-suing Drake.
Now, remember these are just reactions from people named in the suit. Several other content creators who reacted to ¡°Not Like Us¡± (and Drake¡¯s diss tracks) shared similar sentiments and continued criticizing the Toronto rapper for his decision to name content creators in his suit.
Reaction from social media
?Frustrated hip-hop fans on X pointed out that Drake only named Black streamers who reacted to ¡°Not Like Us, and not the white ones.
One user wrote, ¡°HOLD UP LOL I just realized Drake snitched on the Black streamers that reacted to his video and not the white ones lol.¡±
Another user added, ¡°Drake named all the Black streamers in his case and now he¡¯s doing sweepstakes with Adin Ross.¡±
This just adds to the long list of reasons why Drake should not have taken legal action and we are seeing in real-time the consequences of his actions, going back to nearly a year ago when he begged Lamar to ¡°drop, drop, drop, drop.¡±
This story originally appeared on The Root, our sister site, on January 18.
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