Drake’s mansion ‘besieged by violent lunatics together with would-be killer due to Kendrick Lamar diss monitor’
Drake’s home was besieged by violent criminals including a would-be killer after Kendrick Lamar released his Not Like Us diss track, according to court documents.
The Canadian rapper, 38, filed a lawsuit against his own label, Universal Music Group, on Wednesday for spreading the ‘false and malicious narrative’ that he is a pedophile, which he claims led to attacks against his life and those of his associates.
Court documents seen by DailyMail.com describe the horrifying scene inside the rapper’s Toronto mansion as his bodyguard was nearly killed just hours after Kendrick released the song on May 7.
An armed group showed up to Drake’s $100million home in the middle of the night while the rapper was inside, the suit claims.
The car apparently stopped in front of the home and someone yelled, ‘f**k Drake,’ before a gunman opened fire, with one bullet critically wounding a security guard, who is also the rapper’s friend.
‘While the car drove away, Drake and others in the house summoned help for the security guard and did everything possible to keep him alive,’ the lawsuit says.
‘During the nearly thirty minutes it took for the ambulance to arrive, Drake and others labored to keep the man alive by applying pressure to the gunshot wound with towels. Blood was everywhere.’
The guard, who has not been named, spent days in the hospital being stabilized but survived the incident, per Drake’s legal filing. The shooter was never arrested.
Drake’s home was besieged by violent criminals including a would-be killer after Kendrick Lamar released his Not Like Us diss track, according to court documents
An aerial view shows the home of Canadian rapper Drake in Toronto, Canada
Drake says in court documents that UMG knew Lamar’s diss track would include lyrics and images in a music video that referred to him as a pedophile
The very day next after the shooting, on May 8, an intruder ‘used his bare hands to dig a hole under the security fence surrounding’ Drake’s home. The intruder managed to get inside and ‘yell racist slurs and threats against Drake’ before guards escorted him out.
At the time police said they arrested an unnamed man outside the mansion under the Mental Health Act.
Then, on May 9, another break-in attempt happened, according to Drake.
Drake says in court documents that UMG knew Lamar’s diss track would include lyrics and images in a music video that referred to him as a pedophile.
He accuses UMG of allowing the ‘inflammatory and shocking allegations’ because the song was a ‘gold mine’ for the company.
The rapper claims UMG did everything to promote Not Like Us because they knew it would devalue Drake’s music and give them leverage in future contract negotiations. Drake’s contract is up for renewal in 2025.
According to the lawsuit, UMG paid a third party to use bots to increase the song’s streams by at least 30million.
The company also allegedly engaged in a ‘pay for play’ scheme with at least one radio promoter and assigned the track as a ‘chart-topper’ based on fraudulent data.
It comes as Kendrick is preparing to perform at the Super Bowl in New Orleans next month.
Police were seen on the steps of the star’s huge Toronto mansion last May
Police are seen outside Drake’s home following the May 7 shooting
Drake mentions the performance in the lawsuit, claiming UMG was in on getting Kendrick the gig so the song could be platformed on ‘one of the most significant (and viewed) cultural events of the year.’
The lawsuit also makes a point of stating it is not against Kendrick himself – ‘This lawsuit is not about the artist who created Not Like Us.
‘It is, instead, entirely about UMG, the music company that decided to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize’ a song that contained false claims.
Drake also said the song put him in danger, citing the multiple shootings near or at his Toronto mansion since it was released.
Not Like Us broke several chart records after spending 21 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot Rap songs chart, and enjoying 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart – where it reached number one twice.
It has hit over 914 millions plays on Spotify while it is tied for third place on the Rap Streaming Songs chart.
The rapper had already filed a lawsuit against UMG and Spotify in New York state court but he withdrew that to file a federal case instead.
After the state case was filed, UMG told DailyMail.com: ‘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.
Since things turned sour, both Kendrick Lamar (RIGHT) and Drake (LEFT) have continued to release numerous of back-and-forth diss tracks about each other
‘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.’
Drake and Kendrick, arguably two of the world’s biggest hip-hop voices, have been embroiled in a furious rivalry for years.
Over a decade ago, the pair collaborated on a few songs, but that didn’t last very long. In 2013, Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick was featured on Big Sean’s Control, in which he called out a slew of contemporary rappers including Drake, J. Cole, Meek Mill, Pusha T, A$AP Rocky, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T and even Big Sean among them.
Over the next few years, the rappers launched disses at each other with less frequency.
The feud entered new territory in May, 2024, when Kendrick, 36, made some serious accusations on Not Like Us, which was released shortly after he dropped Meet The Grahams – another diss track where the Compton native addresses Drake’s son: ‘I’m sorry that man is your father.’
Kendrick also addresses Drake’s parents, and ‘a baby girl,’ alleging that Drake has a secret daughter. He also labels Drake a ‘predator,’ without elaborating.
Just hours later, Kendrick doubled down, releasing Not Like Us, produced by DJ Mustard.
‘Say, Drake, I hear you like ’em young / You better not ever go to cell block one,’ he raps.
