UMG Explains Why Drake Is A Hypocrite

If you haven't noticed, Drake has done the same thing in both of his high profile battles.

Against Pusha T, he was the first to get personal by mentioning his then-fiancée, Virginia Williams, on "Duppy Freestyle." 

Then when Pusha hit back by revealing that Drake had a secret son, Drake told the Rap Radar hosts that Pusha went too far.

And during Drake's battle with Kendrick Lamar, he was the first to get ultra personal on the song "Family Matters" by accusing Kendrick of beating his longtime partner, Whitney Alford. Plus, Drake said that Kendrick's business partner, Dave Free, is the real father of her children.

So, many people have called Drake a hypocrite for filing a lawsuit against UMG. He's suing the company for defamation since Kendrick calls him a pedophile in "Not Like Us."

UMG also called him a hypocrite when responding to his amended lawsuit, which includes Kendrick performing the song at the Super Bowl.

"Nowhere in the hundred-plus page 'legal' blather written by Drake’s lawyers do they bother to acknowledge that Drake himself has written and performed massively successful songs containing equally provocative taunts against other artists," said UMG in a statement. "Nor do they mention that it was Drake who started this particular exchange."

"Apparently, Drake’s lawyers believe that when Drake willingly participates in a performative rap-battle of music and poetry, he can be 'defamed' even though he engages in the exact same form of creative expression," it also says.

Is UMG right?