Drake has issued a statement to answer a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend, Ericka Lee, regarding royalties of his song “Marvin’s Room”. Contrary to Lee’s claim that she’s denied payment for her work as a co-writer, Drizzy insists he “has not engaged in any wrongful conduct.”
“This claim is entirely without merit,” his rep says in a statement. “Ericka Lee consented to the use of her voice in the song ‘Marvin’s Room’ prior to its release. Lee asked only for the credit she received as ‘Syren Lyric Muse,’ and she did not ask for any compensation.”
The publicist furthermore explains the situation, “It was only after she retained a lawyer that there was a demand for payment. Drake tried for months to resolve the matter amicably, and he now looks forward to being vindicated in court.”
Lee reportedly has filed the suit against Drizzy on Thursday, February 2 in California federal court. The woman, who voices the female on the other end of his drunken “Marvin’s Room” phone call, claims that during their fling last year, they discussed about working in a joint project and traded poems and song lyrics.
They later agreed to collaborate together in “Marvin’s Room” and shared the royalties. According to Lee, Drizzy acknowledged her contribution in the song via some text messages he sent to her. One reportedly read, “U basically made that song,” and another read, “It’s s**t without you.”
When their relationship went sour after the song was released, they tried to meet for a discussion but the talk never happened. According to the legal paper, Drizzy attempted to compensate her by offering 2 percent of “publishing royalties,” but she refused and hired a lawyer instead.
Her move upset the Young Money rhymer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He allegedly made threatening phone calls, telling to her, “What the f*** is your problem?” In his further attempt to settle the case outside the court, he raised his offer by giving her “4-5%” of the publishing royalties and a $50,000 payout.
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Drake and Rihanna have shared a friendship, hit singles, and now they’re splitting top billing at this summer’s Barclaycard Wireless Festival in the U.K.
The Young Money rapper has been announced as the second headliner for this year’s festival to be held at London’s Hyde Park. He will close out the second day of festivities on Saturday, July 7. Wiz Khalifa is among the acts scheduled to play earlier in the day. Before the big gig, Drizzy will bring his “Club Paradise” tour to Europe starting in late March.
Meanwhile, his “What’s My Name?” collaborator Rihanna will close out the final day on July 8, in what’s being billed as her sole U.K. concert this year. Her fellow Roc Nation affiliate J. Cole and British pop sensation Jessie J are also on Sunday’s lineup.
Tickets went on sale Friday, February 3, at 10 a.m.
The liquor was flowing freely as Drake kicked off Super Bowl XLVI weekend. The Canadian superstar headlined ESPN the Magazine’s 8th Annual NEXT party in Indianapolis on Friday night ahead of Sunday’s big game. He passed out drinks to the audience from the stage and performed crowd favorites including “The Motto” and “Headlines” before heading over to First Down Friday at Sensu, where the party continued into the early morning. 
The 54th annual Grammy awards are coming up and Drake is set to present this year. The Grammy’s made the news public last night via their Twitter account. Drake was nominated for four grammy’s for collabs with DJ Khaled, Nicki Minaj, and Rihanna. Drake’s Take Care album didn’t get any grammy nomination though this year, because of timing. The 2012 Grammy’s air February 12th at 8pm eastern time.
Nina Dobrev spoke about Drake in the newest issue of Nylon Magazine. Dobrev, played a teen mom Mia Jones from 2006 to 2009 on the popular Canadian series Degrassi. In this issue she discusses her former co-star’s success in the mag.
“I remember being in the car going to a party, singing along with the radio,” said the 23-year-old brunette beauty. “And somebody said, ‘Isn’t that your buddy Drake?’ I was like, ‘Who’s Drake?’”
On her former Degrassi costar, Aubrey Graham (Drake.)
“He was so sweet. It’s almost weird to me that he’s a rapper and a sex symbol now. I remember being in the car going to a party, singing along with the radio, and somebody said ‘Isn’t that your buddy Drake?’ I was like, ‘Who’s Drake?’”
After Drake‘s threats to tattoo artist Kevin Campbell for his disrepectful comments, Drake and the tattoo artist came to to the conclusion to drop the beef and let it all become something of the pass.
“@drake Nice talking to you buddy, glad everything’s cleared up. It’s good that something positive came out of this whole fiasco. Stay up. Drake beef officially squashed…Everybody can now move on. Only positivity from here on out.”
Drake got interviewed at Sundance last week and the interviewer found out that Drake wants to play as Barrack Obama in a movie. Check out what Drizzy had to say below:
“I hope somebody makes a movie about Obama’s life soon because I could play him. That’s the goal. I watch all the addresses. Anytime I see him on TV, I don’t change the channel, I definitely pay attention and listen to the inflections of his voice. If you ask anyone who knows me, I’m pretty good at impressions.”
Drake went on to explain the type of roles he is looking for:
“Drake admitted that most of the scripts he was getting right now were for roles of a rapper or basketball player, but that he was looking for something else, something that went beyond what people would expect him to play.”
So maybe the president of the United States!? What you guys think, would Drake make a pretty good Barrack Obama?
