Drake is slapping subpoenas on doorways now after blowing over $75,000 attempting to trace down a dude he says is aware of means an excessive amount of concerning the behind-the-scenes drama in his authorized struggle with Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”

A federal choose in New York gave Drake’s attorneys the inexperienced mild to serve Kojo Menne Asamoah with authorized docs by mail, e-mail and—get this—by taping that subpoena proper on the entrance doorways of 5 spots tied to Asamoah, his household or his enterprise.

After 11 failed makes an attempt, the court docket principally mentioned, “Do what you gotta do.”

Drake’s workforce has been looking Asamoah for weeks, hiring non-public investigators and course of servers to chase him throughout a number of addresses. No luck.

So now, they’re going door-to-door, due to Judge Jeannette A. Vargas, who dominated that “alternate service” was honest sport in spite of everything these makes an attempt to serve Asamoah.

The court docket docs say Asamoah holds receipts—emails, contracts, digital trails—that might blow issues broad open. But to this point, dude’s been a ghost.

This is an element of a bigger lawsuit the place Drake claims UMG secretly paid people to juice the streaming numbers on Kendrick’s diss observe utilizing bots and shady third events.

Asamoah, in accordance with Drake, is smack in the course of that conspiracy.

Drizzy’s authorized squad says Asamoah helped pull strings to spice up “Not Like Us” and make it appear like the entire world was vibing with it. Drake’s go well with additionally says the observe falsely paints him as a predator, placing him and his household in peril.

The lawsuit additionally claims UMG banked off the beef, cashing in on the hype with Grammy wins and a Super Bowl halftime efficiency that includes the observe.

Even although Asamoah isn’t named as a defendant, he’s clearly a big piece of the puzzle. He’s rumored to have ties to the digital advertising and marketing world, however there’s no proof he’s straight tied to Kendrick himself.

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