{"id":134418,"date":"2025-11-14T09:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/134418\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T09:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T09:07:08","slug":"drake-drops-booking-agent-he-shared-with-kendrick-lamar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/134418\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake Drops Booking Agent He Shared With Kendrick Lamar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tDrake<\/a> quietly parted ways with the booking agent he shared with longtime rival Kendrick Lamar<\/a> earlier this year, Billboard has learned, in a move largely kept quiet to avoid media scrutiny.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne source tells Billboard that Drake and former longtime agent Brent Smith of Wasserman Music have not worked together for most, if not all, of 2025 due in part to the fallout over last year\u2019s feud with Lamar and the release of his Billboard Hot 100<\/a>-topping diss track \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake had been repped by Smith for more than a decade; the two began working together at WME and continued their relation after Smith joined Wasserman Music in 2020, where he now serves as executive vice president and managing executive.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake will reportedly be repped at CAA by a team led by Daryl Eaton, Billboard has learned. The news was first reported by Hits Daily Double.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake\u2019s decision to split with Wasserman comes after Lamar and SZA grossed an impressive $358.6 million gross\u00a0on their Grand National Tour, making it one of the highest-grossing hip-hop treks of all time, according to Billboard Boxscore, moving 1.76 million\u00a0tickets. Drake is reportedly planning his own tour for 2026 with Live Nation, where he has long had an exclusive global touring<\/a> deal.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe fact that Drake and Lamar shared a booking agent was a topic of intrigue in the music business, especially as the two rappers\u2019 feud worsened. At one point, Drake even sued his record label Universal Music Group over the lyrics to \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d which Drake claimed were untrue and defamatory. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit last month, and attorneys for Drake have appealed.<\/p>\n

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