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Lucian Grainge Fires Back at Drake’s “Farcical” and “Nonsensical” Claims That Universal Wanted to Devalue The Rapper’s Brand

In a declaration letter, UMG's CEO was particularly blunt in describing Drake's legal moves as "groundless and indeed ridiculous," and also revealed that the company had spent "hundreds of millions" supporting the Canadian rapper.

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Universal Music Chief Lucian Grainge Finally Fires Back at Drake, Calling ‘Not Like Us' Lawsuit ‘Ridiculous'

Months after Drake sued his own record label for defamation over his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar over the song "Not Like Us," the head of that company has finally weighed in. In a declaration letter filed late Thursday night with the Southern District of New York and obtained by Variety,

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UMG CEO Lucian Grainge Hits Back at Drake’s Demand for His Emails: ‘Farcical’ and ‘Ridiculous’

UMG CEO Lucian Grainge responded to Drake’s demand to read his emails amid the ongoing lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar diss track “Not Like Us.

Drake demands Universal Music Group turn over CEO’s emails, Kendrick Lamar’s contract in legal battle

Drake accuses UMG of backing a defamatory campaign through Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, intensifying their legal fight.

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Universal Music Posts 6.5% Revenue Growth at Half-Year Mark, With Publishing Soaring 11.6%

Universal Music offset a middling second quarter with a solid Q1 and strong publishing earnings to post 6.5% revenue gain for ...

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Salt-N-Pepa claim Universal Music Group is blocking its music from streaming amid legal battle

Universal Music Group has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming in part that Salt-N-Pepa cannot exercise their ...

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UMG’s Sir Lucian Grainge refutes ‘ridiculous’ claims in Drake lawsuit, confirms UMG bought star’s recorded music and publishing catalogs

Drake’s legal team had sought to compel UMG to add Grainge as a document custodian in their ongoing discovery battle, claiming the company’s global CEO was personally involved in approving Kendrick ...

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UMG-Backed Chord Music Gets Investment From Searchlight Capital

The move comes months after Chord bought a stake in country superstar Morgan Wallen's catalog from his record label Big Loud.

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Lim Kim Signs With Universal Music Korea

Universal Music Korea has inked an exclusive deal with singer-songwriter Lim Kim. The signing adds another high-profile ...

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Drake demands to see Kendrick Lamar contract details in discovery battle with Universal Music Group

Drake is seeking to compel UMG to produce Sir Lucian Grainge’s custodial files and an unredacted version of Kendrick Lamar’s ...

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Salt-N-Pepa speak out about lawsuit against Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, claiming in part that Salt-N-Pepa cannot exercise their ...

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Universal Music Group Files for US Public Offering

The post Universal Music Group Files for US Public Offering appeared first on Self Employed.

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Universal Music Group threatens to remove all its music from TikTok - NPR

Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, has threatened to remove all of the music it owns from TikTok, unless the streaming platform agrees to more favorable terms.

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Major Music Publishers Seek to Dramatically Expand Their Anthropic Lawsuit Based on Daming New Evidence

Publishers expand their lawsuit against AI company Anthropic, alleging it used BitTorrent to pirate copyrighted material and ...

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