Drake claims Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance was 'orchestrated to assassinate' his character
Drake filed an amended complaint against Universal Music Group alleging the label intentionally caused him harm by promoting Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”
Drake is expanding his legal battle with Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” claiming the rival rapper’s Grammys success and Super Bowl performance further damaged his reputation.
Both Drake and Lamar are signed to UMG, under different divisions. (UMG has no relationship to NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News.) They engaged in a prolific diss track battle last year, with Lamar coming out on top in the charts.
Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham, originally sued UMG in January, alleging that it defamed him by spreading a “false and malicious narrative” when it promoted Lamar’s diss track. The song’s lyrics describe Drake as a “certified pedophile” and a “predator” who needs to be “placed on neighborhood watch.”
UMG filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit last month, arguing the claims are “no more than Drake’s attempt to save face for his unsuccessful rap battle” with Lamar.
In the amended complaint, filed Wednesday in federal court in New York City, Drake’s lawyers claim that the Super Bowl and the Grammys were “prestigious and high-exposure events” that “introduced new listeners” to the allegedly defamatory song.
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