Uncle Luke Clowns Drake For Legal Actions Against Kendrick Lamar

12/03/2024 09:41 AM

Drake's legal filings against Kendrick Lamar and UMG have earned him some wrath from Uncle Luke, with the Hip-Hop icon calling him soft.

Drake's latest move in his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar – filing legal petitions against the Compton rapper and Universal Music Group – has rubbed many in Hip-Hop and pop culture the wrong way. Count Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell among them, evidenced in a social media post the Hip-Hop veteran shared over the past weekend.

"I like Drake’s music, I don't like what he got going on right now but I like his music," Luke began. "Some things you don't talk about. You don't talk about payola, you don't talk about buying livestreams and you don't sue after you got dissed, and you done did some dissing." He'd go on to proclaim that it was a hallmark of this generation. "That's y'all young people. y'all young people live in a soft society. That's why I'm glad I'm an OG. All y'all young people soft. Soft, soft, soft. You got rappers that wanna diss somebody, then wanna go get the gun. Why not go and fight?"

The 2 Live Crew founder would go on to share differences between his generation and this one, citing his past beef with Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg. "One thing that's off limits, the kids are off limits, girlfriends are off limits, mamas are off limits," Luke said. His views were mostly met with approval in the comments, with one user writing: "Can't tell people they wrong anymore without they feelings getting hurt…I just leave everything alone."

Drake's pre-action petition claims that Universal Music Group and Spotify were responsible for inflating the streaming numbers for "Not Like Us" using bots on social media and other means. The Certified Lover Boy artist filed the documents shortly after Kendrick Lamar's latest album, GNX, was released. The move has earned him heavy criticism from others including Joe Budden, who called him a "piece of s—t" on his latest podcast episode, citing the Canadian rapper's negative actions in the past fueling this karmic retribution.

UMG's response to the filing was swift, stating: "The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear."