Two joke rappers will go down in historical past for the best way they’ve modified rap historical past: Bizarre Al Yankovic for his Amish-themed reinterpretation of Gangsta’s Paradise and Aubrey “Drake” Graham’s repeated makes an attempt to crawl out of the profession gap he landed himself in after he requested a Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper to name him a pedophile and his opponent obliged.
Drake, identified principally for an outstanding 2009 mixtape, hijacking DRAM’s Cha-Cha to morphing it into hurtboy anthem Hotline Bling and getting charged with RICO over gambling and the play counts of his songs, desires the case to be revisited as a result of he believes that the result prevents rap lyrics from ever being utilized in courtroom. Stereogum has protection:
In response to his authorized staff’s 60-page doc, Kendrick’s lyrics state as an “unambiguous matter of reality” that Drake is a “licensed pedophile,” and Common “relentlessly” promoted the music, inflicting Drake vital hurt. “The courtroom successfully created an unprecedented and overbroad categorical rule that statements in rap diss tracks can by no means represent statements of reality,” his lawyer writes. UMG’s response to the temporary is due March 27.
Think about doing all of this authorized work to get a ruling that’s one thing like “Yeah, it most likely is just a little broad to counsel that rap lyrics can by no means be utilized in courtroom. That stated, you continue to weren’t defamed and that video of you openly lusting over and kissing a girl you knew was 17 on stage when you were 24 remains to be cringe as hell.” I’m positive there’s a extra even handed strategy to state this, like when Decide Jeannette Vargas described the allegedly defamatory statements as being “nonactionable opinion” as an alternative of the far much less judge-like evaluation that “The Boy” acquired his emotions damage in a poem competitors the place figuring out {that a} factor rhymes is extra essential than figuring out if a factor is true. For the sake of argument, think about the authorized hellscape the rap neighborhood can be in if a case held that the lyrics had been presumed truthful? Every artist must put out a Lil Tecca-styled Verified to substantiate that they had been truly simply joshing. Point out your Audemars one too many occasions? The IRS may come a-knocking. Is that world actually preferable to admitting you misplaced, Drake?
Undecided which is the crazier gamble: no matter he’s doing with Anita Max Win or his repeated double or nothing wager on this lawsuit.
Drake Appeals Dismissal Of Not Like Us Lawsuit [Stereogum]
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