Real reason Drake is taking legal action over Kendrick Lamar track as he sues Universal Music for illegal tactics

Drake chose to writer Universal Music Group implicit Kendrick Lamar's deed diss track, Not Like Us, implicit fears that his rap rival could execute the opus astatine adjacent year's Super Bowl, DailyMail.com tin reveal.

The Canadian rapper, 38, stunned fans this week erstwhile he filed ineligible documents against the statement who helium accused of using amerciable methods to beforehand Kendrick's smash-hit, successful which helium is referred to arsenic a 'certified pedophile.' 

Drake alleged that the euphony monolith implemented the usage of 'bots and a payola scheme' successful its efforts to propulsion the single, which was released this past May, according to TMZ Hip Hop.

The Grammy-winning hitmaker claimed that accusation provided to him from an 'inside source' indicated that UMG breached FCC statutes successful engaging successful the signifier of payola.

Now, insiders person revealed that Drake was besides acrophobic astir the opus being further amplified erstwhile Kendrick, 37, headlines the Super Bowl LIX Halftime amusement successful February.

'Drake is acrophobic Kendrick volition execute Not Like Us astatine the Super Bowl,' a root told DailyMail.com exclusively. 'Universal bosses are shocked that Drake is suing them, and immoderate radical fishy the suit is an effort to halt Kendrick from performing Not Like Us astatine the event.'

Despite the aggravated quality of the ineligible enactment being taken, the insider noted that the UMG does not presently person plans to chopped ties.

'The statement has nary volition of ending its nonrecreational narration with Drake implicit this,' the root insisted.

It was confirmed successful September that Kendrick volition execute astatine the season's NFL showpiece successful New Orleans, connected February 9. 

A 2nd root claimed the Humble hitmaker was increasing frustrated by the assumptions that his upcoming halftime amusement would beryllium focused connected his rap rival.   

'People are trying to pigeonhole Kendrick into making his Super Bowl show each astir Drake,' they said.

'He has toyed with a fewer surprises including asking Drake and Lil Wayne to beryllium a portion of it. But helium is starting to rethink that and conscionable marque the show thing for him and him only. 

'He believes helium deserves it and helium doesn't request to connection an olive subdivision to anyone.' 

When Kendrick was announced, fans were successful uproar arsenic they were rooting for Lil Wayne to beryllium fixed the accidental arsenic helium hails from New Orleans.

Days later, Wayne released a video to corroborate his 'hurt' and told fans: 'I'mma accidental convey you to each voice, each opinion, each the care, each the emotion and the enactment retired there. Your words turned into arms and held maine up erstwhile I tried to autumn back.

'I blasted myself for not being mentally prepared for a letdown and for automatically mentally putting myself successful that presumption similar idiosyncratic told maine that was my position. But I thought determination was thing amended than that spot and that signifier and that level successful my city, truthful it hurt.'

With the astonishment merchandise of his caller album, GNX, past week, Kendrick addressed Wayne's  disappointment connected his track, wacced retired murals.

'Used to bump Tha Carter III, I held my Rollie concatenation arrogant / Irony, I deliberation my hard enactment fto Lil Wayne down / Whatever though, telephone maine crazy, everybody questionable / Turn maine to an esk---, I drew the enactment and decimals,' helium raps successful the 2nd verse.

He past added: 'Won the Super Bowl and Nas the lone 1 congratulated maine / All these n****s agitated, I'm conscionable gladsome they showin' they faces'.

Drake filed the ineligible papers Monday successful Manhattan via his Drake's Frozen Moments LLC, claiming UMG breached authorities instrumentality successful its conduct, specifically the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

The ineligible filing Drake submitted is considered a 'pre-action' nether authorities law, which calls for a probe anterior to a afloat suit being filed. 

The First Person Shooter performer, whose afloat sanction is Aubrey Drake Graham, claimed UMG made 'covert payments' to galore organizations, including vigor stations, to play and plug the diss way aimed astatine him, TMZ reported.

Drake said successful ineligible docs that UMG has a checkered past successful regards to payola, besides referred to arsenic 'pay for play.'

His ineligible squad said successful tribunal docs that 'UMG … conspired with and paid presently chartless parties to usage 'bots' to artificially inflate the dispersed of Not Like Us and deceive consumers into believing the opus was much fashionable than it was successful reality.' 

Drake said that an insider told him that UMG executives besides authorized the spending of funds connected bots to boost Not Like Us's Spotify totals, garnering 30 cardinal streams. 

The rapper also named Spotify successful the ineligible filing, according to Billboard.

According to the filing, UMG brass besides paid influencers to propulsion the azygous and allegedly ignored enforcing copyright requirements via societal media, successful an effort to marque the way spell viral.

The Family Matters vocalist - whose ain euphony is distributed via UMG - said that 1 extremity successful filing the suit was to audit the statement successful their alleged payments to iHeartRadio and its affiliates.

Drake told the tribunal that details successful regards to that contented could beryllium the instauration of a civilian fraud and racketeering suit against UMG and their collaborators. 

He said the facts helium tin already beryllium could enactment a defamation suit against UMG.

Drake has agelong been affiliated with UMG, done subsidiaries specified arsenic Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment and Republic Records.

Kendrick has besides been with UMG passim his career, via the companies Top Dawg Entertainment and Interscope, successful summation to his ain communications steadfast pgLang.

Drakes ineligible squad noted that UMG successful May of 2006 paid a $12 cardinal good to the New York State Attorney General to settee a probe successful to whether the institution had utilized payola tactics to boost the euphony of artists.

Among those UMG paid to beforehand 18 years backmost included artists specified arsenic Ashlee Simpson, Brian McKnight and Nick Lachey, among others, authorities successful New York said astatine the time, Variety reported.

A spokesperson for Universal Music Group told Dailymail.com successful a statement: 'The proposition that UMG would bash thing to undermine immoderate of its artists is violative and untrue. We employment the highest ethical practices successful our selling and promotional campaigns.

'No magnitude of contrived and absurd ineligible arguments successful this pre-action submission tin disguise the information that fans take the euphony they privation to hear.'

Not Like Us broke respective illustration records aft spending 21 weeks connected apical of the Billboard Hot Rap songs chart, and enjoying 22 weeks connected the Billboard Hot 100 illustration - wherever it reached fig 1 twice.

It has deed implicit 914 millions plays connected Spotify portion it is tied for 3rd spot connected the Rap Streaming Songs chart.