Drake drops cases over ‘Not Like Us’ before filing defamation lawsuit
Two months earlier, Drake filed petitions in New York and Texas over his claim UMG schemed to “artificially inflate” Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
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Kendrick Lamar just released the music video for “Luther,” with a sneaky Drake dig via its director.
The music video for the SZA-assisted single, released Friday, was directed by Karena Evans. The director and actress shot the visuals for several hit Drake tracks, including “Nice For What,” “God’s Plan” and “In My Feelings.”
The romantic video, which features shots of the Compton, California, rapper and SZA in what appears to be a vacant office building with a downtown backdrop, is interspersed with the song’s sample track, Cheryl Lynn and Luther Vandross’ “If This World Were Mine.”
Evans – who, like Drake, is Canadian – has also directed the Chlöe music video “Have Mercy” and episodes of “P-Valley” and “Snowfall,” as well as “Gossip Girl” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” remakes.
The 2024 rap beef between Lamar and Drake, which has since cooled, continues to spill outside of just music. Lamar took jabs at the Toronto MC during his record-breaking Super Bowl performance and at the Grammys that same month, accepting his song and record of the year trophy for “Not Like Us” wearing a Canadian tuxedo.
For Drake’s part, he has gone the legal route, accusing his and Lamar’s music distributor, Universal Music Group, of engaging in a “scheme to ensure” the Billboard No. 1 diss track “broke through” on multiple streaming platforms.
“Luther” was released last fall off Lamar’s sixth studio album “GNX.” Meanwhile, he and SZA are gearing up for their Grand National Tour, which kicks off April 19 in Minneapolis before hitting 18 more North American cities, including Lamar’s native California and SZA’s birthplace of St. Louis and home state of New Jersey.
The former labelmates, who also count the “GNX” collaboration “Gloria” among their hits, will then hit 13 European cities starting July 2.
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