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Drake Once Admitted to Not Wanting To Sign With a Major Label Long Before He Took Them To Court

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Lately, Drake has been trying to take on the music industry all by himself. The headlines often spotlight him beefing with other rappers like Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, and Rick Ross. But behind the scenes, he has tried taking Universal Music Group to court, claiming they were picking sides in his feud with Lamar and inflating his streams.

So far, the efforts have been largely unsuccessful. All he’s been able to do is take shots and claim he’s above the industry on ICEMAN. Time will tell whether he’s able to truly beat the system. But it’s easy to tell where Drake’s resentment stems from. According to him, the only reason he signed a deal in the first place was out of loyalty to Lil Wayne.

In a 2011 interview with Billboard, Drake recalled being happy........

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