Drake's legal team said Universal Music Group used its resources to "elevate a dangerous and inflammatory message that was designed to assassinate Drake’s character."

Drake sued UMG in federal court one day after withdrawing a previous petition accusing the label of using bots to boost ‘Not Like Us’

The leading hip-hop superstar beef has been cranked up another notch, with Drake suing Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

Drake's latest suit comes two months after he claimed UMG and Spotify inflated the streams of "Not Like Us," which is nominated for key Grammys.

In a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday, Drake sued his label Universal Music Group, calling its release of Kendrick Lamar song "Not Like Us" defamatory and harassment.

Drake sued his longtime label on Wednesday, accusing Universal Music Group of defamation for promoting Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," saying the song's false

Drake sued his music distributor, Universal Music, for defamation and harassment over the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us."

The rapper Drake has sued Universal Music Group for defamation, alleging the music empire of promoting a diss track against him last spring.

When Drake and Kendrick Lamar first started duking it out through a series of hard-hitting diss tracks in the spring of 2024, no one could've predicted that the back-and-forth would soon become one of hip-hop's most historic rap beefs on record - much less one of the music industry's biggest legal battles.