Court Grants Drake’s Motion to Serve Kojo Menne Asamoah in UMG Lawsuit

Drake’s motion to subpoena Kojo Menne Asamoah in his defamation suit against UMG has been granted, with discovery forthcoming.

Drake and his legal team have been granted permission to serve alleged key witness Kojo Menne Asamoah after filing a motion requesting to subpoena him last month. Judge Jeannette A. Vargas granted the motion following Drake’s allegations of Kojo’s role in artificially inflating the success of Kendrick Lamar’s mega-hit diss track, “Not Like Us.”

“Plaintiff alleges that Mr. Asamoah ‘possesses knowledge relating to UMG’s use of covert tactics to promote the Defamatory Material, including because Plaintiff believes that Mr. Asamoah was involved in directing payments and/or financial incentives from UMG to third parties involved in online botting for the purpose of artificially inflating the streaming numbers of the Recording,’” the filing reads.

“Plaintiff now requests that he be permitted to send the Subpoena both by certified mail and to affix the Subpoena to the doors at the five physical addresses believed to be associated with Mr. Asamoah, his family, and his business,” the filing continues. “Further, Plaintiff asks to send the Subpoena by email to three email addresses connected to Mr. Asamoah and his business ventures. Plaintiff’s counsel confirms that these email addresses remain operative.”

Drake is suing Universal Music Group (UMG) for defamation over alleged covert promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, “Not Like Us.” According to Drake’s lawsuit, the company used bots to artificially boost the popularity of the song, the lyrics of which call Drake a “certified pedophile.” The track was one of the most successful songs of 2024, and a highlight of Lamar’s Superbowl Halftime performance.

Fans in the Drake camp have noted that since the news of Drake’s latest filing, Kojo Asamoah’s Instagram has gone private. However, as of this writing, that appears to have been reversed.