It has been some time since the Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud fizzled into thin air. But leading up to the surprise release of the former’s ‘GNX’ album, the skeletons in the closet outline a presence once again. Metro Boomin and Future recently laid bare their true emotions about the dispute that had the entire hip-hop fandom in a tense chokehold. However, reports have now surfaced regarding Drake taking matters up by a notch to pursue legal beats instead of street heats for an iconic Kendrick Lamar song, leaving fans to brand him incompetent. 

According to a recent report by Billboard, Drake has officially initiated a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, alleging the companies plotted to over-inflate the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, ‘Not Like Us.’ The filing was made on Monday in Manhattan court by Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC, alleging UMG of conspiring with the launch of an illegal “scheme” involving bots, payola, and other cook books to amplify Lamar’s song into the mainstream. 

Universal Music Group reportedly resorted to questionable “business practices” as attorneys for Drake’s company accuse them of launching a full-fledged “campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves.” Drizzy’s attorneys alleged UMG for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, the act used in “criminal cases against organized crime,” unethical methods, and false advertising under New York state law. 

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While the legal trouble surely caught the fans off-guard, Kendrick Lamar enthusiasts pulled up the defense, cutting no slack for Drake in the process.

The Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud this year was one of the biggest highlights of the rap realm. The momentum was so pulsating that Spotify even dropped a major feed for enthusiasts wanting to track the beef to curate the best fan experience for the artistic troops. But with Drake dragging the matter to the court, fans have grown all the more cynical, with most assessing him purely on this take, leaving justifications on the back burner. 

Many have been merciless in their trolls, while others called out his "loser behavior" relentlessly.

Just when fans thought the beef had been left to haunt history, and the tomb of back-and-forth diss exchanges were sealed, Drake’s legal take cranked up the heat, defying the frosty season ahead. But with temper simmering on all burners, the question remains: will winter cast its chill, or is a thaw between the two officially iced out?

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