Key Takeaways:

• The courtroom dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” however he’s now interesting that call.
• The choose beforehand dominated that the diss monitor’s lyrics weren’t meant to be taken as factual.
• Drake’s authorized workforce has not but revealed the complete argument behind the enchantment, which might take over a 12 months to resolve.

Drake isn’t backing down with no struggle. On Wednesday (Oct. 29), the rapper filed paperwork to enchantment his defamation case against Universal music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”

The submitting arrived simply weeks after Judge Jeannette Vargas tossed the case, ruling that “a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter.” In her resolution, she said that the “average listener” wouldn’t interpret a diss monitor as “the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation conveying to the public fact-checked verifiable content.”

Unfortunately, we’ll have to attend a bit longer to study precisely how Drake plans to problem that call. According to Billboard, his authorized workforce solely “formally stated his intention to appeal,” with particular arguments to be offered in a future submitting.

Representatives for the “Hotline Bling” artist advised the publication, “This confirms our intent to appeal, and we look forward to the Court of Appeals reviewing that filing in the coming weeks.” The outlet added that the method might “take well over a year” earlier than the appeals courtroom guidelines on Drake’s case.

The rapper first filed the lawsuit in opposition to UMG in January, alleging that the label used bots and payola to amplify “Not Like Us,” regardless of figuring out it “falsely” accused him of being a pedophile. He additional claimed the corporate was making an attempt to “devalue” his brand, even after his reported $400 million deal in 2022.

“The artists’ seven-track rap battle was a ‘war of words’ that was the subject of substantial media scrutiny and online discourse,” Judge Vargas wrote. “Although the accusation that plaintiff is a pedophile is certainly a serious one, the broader context of a heated rap battle, with incendiary language and offensive accusations hurled by both participants, would not incline the reasonable listener to believe that ‘Not Like Us’ imparts verifiable facts about plaintiff.”