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Drake's legal filings against Kendrick Lamar and UMG have drawn his ire Uncle Lukewith the Hip-Hop icon calling him soft.
Drake's latest move in his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar – filing legal claims against the Compton rapper and Universal Music Group – has rubbed many in Hip-Hop and pop culture the wrong way. Count Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell is among them, as evidenced in a social media post shared by the Hip-Hop veteran over the weekend.
“I like Drake's music, I don't like what he's doing right now, but I like his music,” Luke began. “Some things you don't talk about. You don't talk about payola, you don't talk about buying live streams and you don't sue after you're frustrated and you're done, you did some displeasure.” He would go on to proclaim that it was characteristic of this generation. “You are all young. All young people live in a soft society. That's why I'm glad to be an OG. All young softies. Soft, soft, soft. You have rappers who want to chase someone down and then go get the gun. Why not go and fight?'
The 2 Live Crew founder will continue to share the differences between his generation and this one, citing his past with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. “One thing is off limits, kids are off limits, girlfriends are off limits, moms are off limits,” Luke said. His views were mostly met with approval in the comments, with one user writing: “I can't tell people they're wrong anymore without feeling hurt… I just leave it all alone.”
Drake's pre-action petition alleges that Universal Music Group and Spotify were responsible for inflating the streaming numbers for “Not Like Us” using social media bots and other means. THE Certified Boy Lover The artist filed the documents shortly after Kendrick Lamar's latest album, GNXwas released. His move drew heavy criticism from others, including Joe Budden, who called him a “piece of st” on the latest episode of the podcast, citing the Canadian rapper's past negative actions that fueled this karmic punishment.
UMG's response to the filing was swift, stating: “The suggestion that UMG would go out of its way to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We use the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can hide the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”
