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American rapper Jim Jones has defended Drake over his lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG). Drizzy's latest lawsuit against the music company sees him accusing them of using illegal means to promote, distribute, and boost the streams of Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us - a diss track aimed at the Canadian rapper.
In an appearance on the Broke N’ Frontin podcast dated January 22, Jim Jomes defended Drake's case against UMG. He also pointed out that the Canadian rapper is not suing Kendrick Lamar and explained:
“He’s not personally suing against Kendrick Lamar, which everybody seems to think that this lawsuit is about. He sued UMG, which is the biggest company that has the biggest bag, ni**a. You think I ain’t gon’ sue Amazon if I get a chance to? We suing everybody, ni**a. Any one of them companies I get a chance to, playing at that level, to sue for billions? I’m going for it.”
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On January 15, 2025, Drizzy filed a lawsuit against UMG accusing the company of damaging his reputation by releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us. Lamar name-dropped the Toronto rapper in the diss track, accusing him of alleged p*dophilia.
However, Drizzy did not name Kendrick Lamar as a defendant in his lawsuit, which also specifically states that the accusations are not directed at Lamar.
The 80-page lawsuit, filed with the New York federal court, also accused UMG of releasing Not Like Us as leverage as his contract with the musical giants had come to an end. Drake's lawsuit came after he had initially withdrawn his previous petition against UMG, which also mentioned Spotify.
Jim Jones compares Drake's lawsuit against UMG to Tracy Morgan's 2014 lawsuit against Walmart
In his interview on the Broke N’ Frontin podcast, Jim Jones compared Drake's lawsuit against Universal Music Group to actor Tracy Morgan's 2014 lawsuit against Walmart. He said:
“When Tracy Morgan caught that bag, we were happy for him, right? So how the f— we not gonna be happy about somebody that can get a bag from one of the biggest companies that been ra*ing everybody anyway?”
In July 2014, Tracy Morgan filed a lawsuit against retail giant Walmart with the U.S. District Court. Morgan's lawsuit came after a Walmart truck caused an accident with his limousine a month before at the New Jersey Turnpike.
The accident resulted in one death (comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair), three injuries, and severe brain injury for Morgan himself.
In his lawsuit, Tracy Morgan claimed that the driver driving the Walmart truck was increasing his speed and fell asleep in the midst of it. This led him to crash into Morgan's car. He further alleged that the driver was tired from working long hours and thus fell asleep while driving.
The lawsuit also claimed that Walmart failed to ensure the driver complied with the FMCSA regulations. Walmart and Tracy Morgan settled their lawsuit in 2015 over confidential terms.
In his statements, Jim Jomes compared Morgan's lawsuit against Walmart to Drake suing UMG. He further claimed:
“If it was any other thing, I would call a red flag when I see one, but this got no reflection of the street, it’s got no reflection of the rap culture; this is a bigger and higher power. And it’s a dangerous thing he’s doing. It’s some James Bond sh*t he’s doing. He’s doing some sh*t that’s taboo, that ni**as been scared to do.”
In his lawsuit, Drake (real name Aubrey Grahams) accused UMG of spreading a "false and malicious narrative" about him by releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us. Both Lamar and Drizzy are signed under different divisions of UMG. Lamar is with Interscope Records while Grahams is under Republic Records.
Further, Drizzy accused UMG of "artificially inflating" the streaming numbers of Not Like Us by using bots, pay-to-play streams, and other unlawful means.
"UMG’s campaign went well beyond the traditional music company playbook — indeed, UMG has unleashed every weapon in its arsenal, including, on information and belief, certain practices that are unlawful," the lawsuit said.
Further, Drake alleged in his lawsuit that UMG offered "financial incentives" to third parties for streaming and promoting the song. Further, he also claimed copyright restrictions were removed from the song, enabling influencers and content creators to play it in their videos. He notably name-dropped creators like Kai Cenat and Mark Phillips in the document.
The Toronto rapper also claimed the false claims promoted through Lamar's hit track led to real-life consequences for him. He alluded to alleged attacks at his home and safety threats to his son Adonis and mother, Sandi Grahams.
Universal Music Group has denied all of Drake's claims in the lawsuit and maintained that their employees worked hard to help Drizzy "achieve historic commercial and personal financial success."
Further developments in the legal battle are awaited.
