Drake files federal lawsuit accusing UMG of defamation over promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s 'Not Like Us'
Drake is moving forward with his legal battle against his own record label, filing a federal lawsuit against Universal Music Group alleging it defamed him by spreading a "false and malicious narrative" when it promoted Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
Drake is moving forward with his legal battle against his own record label, filing a federal lawsuit against Universal Music Group alleging it defamed him by spreading a "false and malicious narrative" when it promoted Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
Drake, the Canadian rapper whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham, filed the 81-page lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Both Drake and Lamar are signed to UMG but under different divisions — Drake under Republic Records and Lamar under Interscope.
The lawsuit repeats some of the claims Drake made against UMG in a petition filed in November, when he accused it of conspiring to "artificially inflate" Lamar’s "Not Like Us" on Spotify by using pay-to-play schemes, bots and other tactics.
Lamar released the song over the summer amid a monthslong feud with Drake.
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