Music Exec Larry Jackson Confirms Drake Did Send Cease-and-Desist to French Montana [Video]

The meat between Drake and fellow rappers continues to brew, and now we’re getting perception into Rick Ross‘ claims of the Toronto star sending a cease-and-desist letter to French Montana.

Previous to this, Ross had unfollowed Drake on social media, and he later defined that he had solely carried out so due to the c&d letter.

This later set the stage for some pointed lyrics on his monitor “Push Ups.”

Following that, Ross dropped “Champagne Moments,” during which he once more mentioned Drake issuing a cease-and-desist to French Montana over a verse. Followers initially questioned the validity of this allegation, however latest revelations recommend in any other case.

Throughout an look on The Joe Budden Podcast, Gamma CEO Larry Jackson confirmed the existence of the stop & desist, explaining the state of affairs.

“The cease-and-desist letter was a real thing,” Jackson revealed. “I thought that was really funny…but other than that, I got nothing.” He additional added, “We all have different senses of humor. I thought it was funny. I didn’t think anybody was really trying to be nefarious. I just thought it was a joke.”

Jackson shared his ideas on the broader panorama of rap beef, highlighting the good points made by label executives amidst such conflicts. He defined how diss tracks herald income streams, finally benefiting the labels.

In “Champagne Moments,” launched on Monday (April 15), Ross elaborates on why he selected to unfollow Drake on Instagram. “I unfollowed you, na, ’cause you sent the muthafkin’ cease-and-desist to French Montana, na,” he declared. “You sent the police, n*a, hatin’ on my dog project.”

Hypothesis amongst followers means that the unreleased monitor “Splash Brothers” could have precipitated the cease-and-desist letter.

The track was initially purported to be Drake alongside Ross on French Montana’s “They Got Amnesia” undertaking in 2021. Although stories surfaced that Drake scrapped the monitor as a result of Astroworld tragedy, this was by no means formally confirmed.

Ultimately, Lil Wayne changed Drake on the ultimate model of the track, which was supposed for French’s 2024 undertaking, “Mac & Cheese 5.”

Through the Podcast episode, Budden and Jackson additionally advised completely different motives behind the escalating rigidity directed at Drake.

Joe advised, “The labels got st running through Drake, I’m telling you.” He anticipated extra revelations, hinting, “One of these n*as is going to spill the beans soon…There’s something here that we don’t know enough about yet…I think Drake owns some of Gamma.”