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“HE’S NOT COMING AT KENDRICK”

The feud between Drake and Kendrick Lamar has been dominating headlines for nearly a year now. What started as a rap battle between two revered artists has evolved into a lawsuit filed by Drake against Universal Music Group. In an 81-page filing, Drake accuses UMG of defamation, alleging that the label both he and Lamar are signed to prioritized corporate greed over the well-being of its artists. The track at the centre of the scandal is Lamar’s five-time Grammy-winning “Not Like Us,” in which he implies Drake is a pedophile several times over.

All’s fair in love and diss tracks, but this is something different. “Drake isn’t coming at Kendrick—he’s coming at the label,” says Salman Rana, a legal theorist, assistant professor at TMU and counsel at Froese Law. But does Champagne Papi have a case? Read our Q&A here.

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REAL WEDDINGS

Stephanie and Adam Holmes met 11 years ago. After a whirlwind romance involving a trip to Jamaica, the pair moved in together in 2014. When they learned they were expecting a child, in the spring of 2022, Adam proposed. This past June, the couple hosted a glamorous retro-inspired wedding at the Darling Mansion.

DARK HORSE

For years, Eric Lamaze was the world’s top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans—the kind of life a person might do anything to protect. From our February issue, inside the scandal tearing the equestrian world apart.

What to see, do, hear and read this month

A N AWARD-WINNING BOOK’S DRAMATIC ADAPTATION

In André Alexis’s novel Fifteen Dogs, the gods Hermes and Apollo wager on whether an animal bestowed with human intelligence would be more or less miserable than the average human. To test their theories, the deities endow 15 dogs with human consciousness and language. After being adapted for the stage by Crow’s Theatre in 2023, Mirvish is hosting a second run. Jan. 28 to Feb. 16, CAA Theatre

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