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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Drake lawyers allege Universal head Lucian Grainge ‘personally involved’ in Kendrick Lamar diss track

Drake performs at Wireless festival on 11 July in London.
Drake performing at Wireless festival on 11 July in London. Photograph: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

As Drake’s lawsuit continues against his record label’s parent company, Universal Music Group (UMG), his lawyers have claimed that UMG’s British chair and chief executive Lucian Grainge had a “role in and knowledge of the scheme to defame and harass” Drake, and have requested that UMG produce texts and emails by Grainge.

UMG has previously denied access to those communications, stating that Grainge has “no meaningful involvement in the matters and decisions at issue in this litigation”.

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