Drake launched a massive wave of discovery requests earlier this month and one of them included seeing Kendrick Lamar’s contract.
After sending in several discovery requests, Judge Jeannette A. Vargas has given the OK to Drake to view one contract in particular.
That would be Kendrick Lamar’s, which he’s been seeking to get his hands on for the last couple of months. The Toronto icon’s legal team filed to view it again earlier this month after receiving an “unreadable” version of it in June.
“[UMG] produced a heavily redacted version of the Interscope Agreement with Kendrick Lamar… the extent of [UMG’s] redactions — which cover the vast majority of the 22-page agreement — render the agreement unreadable and incomprehensible.”
While this could be a big win for Drake’s mission in proving that UMG was artificially inflating the success of “Not Like Us,” there is a twist here. In legal documents obtained by DJ Akademiks, only parties involved in this legal battle will be able to see Lamar’s contract.
“Plaintiff and UMG’s request for permission to file under seal a contract between UMG Recordings, Inc. and Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, as produced by UMG in redacted form with the designation Attorney’s Eyes Only is GRANTED,” Judge Vargas’ ruling reads.
“Under seal” means that the public will not have any access to the innerworkings of Lamar’s contract.
Source: Hotnewhiphop.com