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Kai Cenat is simply as confused as everybody else about why he’s named in Drake’s 81-page lawsuit towards Common Music Group (UMG) relating to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” On Thursday (Jan. 16) night time, the two-time Streamer of the Yr reacted to the information, initially below the belief he was being implicated as properly.
“Wait, what? Why am I in his s**t?! Wait, maintain on,” Cenat exclaimed after somebody in his chat mistakenly advised him he was being sued. “What the f**okay?! I am getting sued? … I used to be advised to remain on stream! That n**gga is cap, bruh!” For context, the New York native’s response video to “Not Like Us,” being among the many platform’s most-watched, has racked up over 9 million YouTube views up to now.
Shortly after, somebody in his chat clarified he was solely talked about within the lawsuit, to which he responded, “Oh, I am good! … So, he is simply utilizing us an instance of [people who were] spreading misinformation kind s**t? I imply, if I am not getting sued, n**ga …”
In keeping with the authorized filings, Drake believes the choice to whitelist “Not Like Us” on YouTube “was finished purposely and with the total data of UMG for the aim of spreading the Recording, and its defamatory content material, as broadly as potential and as rapidly as potential.”
Since Drake filed the lawsuit on Wednesday (Jan. 15), a lot of streamers and YouTubers have weighed in. ZIAS!, who has over 4.9 million subscribers on the aforementioned platform, pushed again on the declare that UMG had by no means whitelisted a track earlier than “Not Like Us.” Although he didn’t reveal his complete earnings, the web persona admitted his and several other different creators’ response movies had been financially “fruitful.” He acknowledged, “It was lots. I feel everyone might attest to that. All people ate from that state of affairs.”
One other YouTube listed within the swimsuit, No Life Shaq, referred to as Drake out in a 10-minute video uploaded that very same day. “N**ga, we chillin’, having enjoyable, and you bought us listed in a case? This gotta be the softest n**ga ever, canine,” he advised his viewers. In the meantime, livestreamer PlaqueBoyMax humorously revealed his response to “Not Like Us” was demonetized as a result of he was “hating.”