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

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Drake has withdrawn the petition he raised accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) of illegally boosting Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track “Not Like Us.” According to documents filed with the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday,

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.”

The superstar rapper claims in a lawsuit that the record company he and Kendrick Lamar are both signed with have put his life and reputation at risk.

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

After threatening legal action two months ago, Drake officially sued his record label, Universal Music Group, over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” on Wednesday.

Drake filed a lawsuit against his own record label, Universal Music Group, for alleged defamation over fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" on Jan. 15. He alleges that Universal Music Group "approved,

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.