Drake signs ‘LeBron-sized’ Universal Music deal
The IndependentSign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. UMG’s chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge confirmed the news during the label’s Q1 earnings call, revealing that the 35-year-old rapper’s deal includes recordings, publishing, merchandise, and visual media projects. Drake – real name Aubrey Graham – was recently granted a three-year restraining order last month against a woman named Mesha Collins who threatened to “invade” his home. A US judge granted the order on 19 April, after lawyers argued that Collins had shown signs of behaviour “consistent” with her “prior pattern” of using civil litigation and proceedings to get access to the rapper. The legal documents showed that last month Collins had threatened to “invade home again” if he did not buy her “a brand new house and car” for her birthday.
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