Jim Jones Deems Drake’s Legal Filings Against UMG And Spotify A “Power Move”
Jim Jones doesn’t take issue with Drake filing petitions against Universal Music Group and Spotify, calling the decision a “power move.”
During a chat on Respectfully: The Justin Laboy Show, the Harlem native shared his take that filing the petitions — which Jones and many others have mistaken for actual lawsuits — was a smart business decision that has no baring on Drake’s street credibility, something Capo reminds listeners Drake never embraced in the first place.
“There’s a lot of things that go on with somebody doing a power move like that,” he told Laboy. “Any time a person like that does some sh*t that he knows…it ain’t just small fries. But when you dealing with social media, people make everything seem smaller than what it is…they quick to say whatever.”
He went on to say he hopes things work out in Drizzy’s favor before adding, “Him doing that with business is no reflection of the streets, and he doesn’t feel, to me, like he is a street person like that, but I think that’s two different things. That’s straight business and sh*t like that.”
“I didn’t hear him saying he was suing Kendrick Lamar,” Jones went on. “I seen people sue AT&T and Pepsi and get a bag for it! People win lawsuits all the time against companies and nobody hold that against them….is it any different than him suing Wal-Mart? I really don’t care either or, but thinking about what it is, like c’mon man, ni**as sue people for dollars all the time.”
Back in November, Drake filed a petition alleging UMG and Spotify orchestrated a scheme to “artificially inflate” the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, “Not Like Us.” The hit-maker believes the two companies used “bots, payola” and other shady tactics to help boost the record’s popularity. This was followed by a second petition accusing UMG of defamation due to Lamar’s claim that Drake and his OVO crew are “certified pedophiles.”
Jones isn’t the only one who defended the move, with DJ Funkmaster Flex saying Drake is “100% right” regarding industry payola. Others, however, believe the petitions were filed due to him being bitter over losing his battle with K. Dot and the success of “Not Like Us.”
“Stop acting like you haven’t been the beneficiary of record label tricknology,” Charlamagne Tha God stated as he gave Drake the “Donkey Of The Day” title on The Breakfast Club. “You being a whole h*e simply because you lost. Simply because Kendrick Lamar kicked yo a** lyrically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. And anybody acting like this is anything more than Drake’s feelings being hurt, you a h*e, too. An OV-H*e to be exact.”
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