Kanye West has weighed in on the escalating legal battle between Drake and Universal Music Group, calling the latest developments “the biggest victory in music history.”
Taking to social media, Ye shared his thoughts on the lawsuit and its wider implications for the music industry. He praised Drake's bold legal stance and called for unity among artists, stating that the real issue lies with the record labels—not with each other.
"I'm so happy right now, you don't understand,” Ye said. “With this UMG, Drake, Kendrick situation, Super Bowl, Grammys—this s*** was driving me. And you know where it should be driving me. But this is the biggest victory in music history, right here.”
Ye went on to declare his full support for both Drake and Kendrick Lamar, distancing himself from past conflicts. “I'm never finna call Drake out of his name. I'm Team Drake, 100%. And Team Kendrick. And Team All of Us.”
He urged artists to stop targeting one another and instead direct their energy toward the industry powers controlling them. “Kendrick needs to be going at UMG at this point,” he said. “This is what I said in my version of 'Like That': 'Lucian, your lifetime deal…' Let’s stop aiming all this at each other. You have no idea. Everything is worth everything for a moment like this—where we stop going at each other and go at the slave masters.”
Kanye’s comments come shortly after Drake expanded his defamation lawsuit to include Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl performance of “Not Like Us,” citing it as further evidence of a coordinated smear campaign allegedly linked to Universal.
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