{"id":3718,"date":"2025-08-17T08:38:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T08:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/08\/17\/drake-demands-interscope-ceos-pay-in-battle-over-not-like-us\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T08:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T08:38:55","slug":"drake-demands-interscope-ceos-pay-in-battle-over-not-like-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/08\/17\/drake-demands-interscope-ceos-pay-in-battle-over-not-like-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Demands Interscope CEO&#8217;s Pay In Battle Over \u201cNot Like Us&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s37284.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Kendrick-Lamar-Drake.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Drake is demanding Interscope CEO\u2019s pay records, claiming they could reveal a financial motive behind releasing Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div id=\"allhiphop-subscribe2\" style=\"    margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<form target=\"_blank\" action=\"https:\/\/read.letterhead.email\/all-hip-hop\/subscribe\" method=\"POST\">\n<div class=\"form__group\" bis_skin_checked=\"1\" style=\" padding: 30px; background: #f5f5f5; \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"email\" class=\"form__label form__label--required\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>AllHipHop.com<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/label><\/p>\n<p>Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now!<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input id=\"email\" maxlength=\"\" required=\"required\" type=\"email\" name=\"email\" class=\"form__input\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"submit\" class=\"form__group__field__submit-button items-center button button--secondary\" style=\" color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(197, 0, 0); font-family: Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; border: 0px solid rgb(41, 98, 255); border-radius: 3px; padding: 3px 23px; \"> Subscribe <\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/drake\">Drake<\/a> is upping the ante in his legal clash with Universal Music Group by trying to get his hands on five years of compensation records for <a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/interscope-records\">Interscope<\/a> CEO John Janick, arguing the executive had a monetary motivation to back <a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/tag\/kendrick-lamar\">Kendrick Lamar\u2019s<\/a> 2024 hit \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The request, filed in federal court in Manhattan, seeks Janick\u2019s salary, bonuses and incentive pay, along with Interscope\u2019s monthly profits and revenue since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Drake\u2019s legal team also wants the full recording contract between Lamar and UMG, plus a valuation of Lamar\u2019s catalog dating back to January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>UMG, represented by attorney Rollin A. Ransom of Sidley Austin LLP, pushed back hard against the demands, calling them \u201cintrusive, irrelevant, and designed to harass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeannette Vargas, Ransom argued that Drake\u2019s motion is a distraction from the core dispute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrake seeks Interscope CEO John Janick\u2019s private and highly confidential compensation details going back to 2021\u2014four years before \u2018Not Like Us\u2019 was even released,\u201d Ransom wrote. \u201cYet Drake makes no attempt to explain how his intrusive request for five years\u2019 worth of individual compensation records is conceivably relevant or proportional to this case, which centers on the release and promotion of a single track and music video in 2024. There is none.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/umg-faces-ruin-drake-kendrick-lamar-contract\/\">Drake\u2019s legal action<\/a> stems from claims that UMG could have blocked or altered \u201cNot Like Us\u201d but allowed it to go forward, allegedly tipping the scales in Lamar\u2019s favor during their public feud.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><d class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The entire Grammy\u2019s singing Kendrick\u2019s \u201cNot Like Us\u201d \ud83d\ude31 A minor line #kendricklamar #grammys #shorts\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xrGfTSXXh_E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/d><\/figure>\n<p>The song, which took aim at Drake, became a viral success and dominated streaming platforms, but the Toronto rapper says his reputation was damaged after Kendrick Lamar labeled the rapper a \u201ccertified pedophile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\u200c\" href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/umg-faces-ruin-drake-kendrick-lamar-contract\/\">UMG has already turned over parts of Kendrick Lamar\u2019s contract that relate to content approval, but refuses to release the full document, citing competitive concerns and trade secrets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company also described Drake\u2019s broader financial requests as a \u201cfishing expedition\u201d that would expose sensitive internal data without advancing the case.<\/p>\n<p>UMG has asked the court to either deny the motion outright or conduct a private review of Lamar\u2019s contract before making any ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Vargas has not yet issued a decision.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/allhiphop.com\/news\/drake-demands-interscope-ceo-pay-for-last-five-years-not-like-us-kendrick-lamar\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake is demanding Interscope CEO\u2019s pay records, claiming they could reveal a financial motive behind releasing Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track. 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