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Although Drake withdrew his legal petition against his label, Universal Music Group, on Tuesday, he doubled down Wednesday, suing the company for defamation and harassment, spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile via Kendrick Lamar’s brutal diss track, “Not Like Us.”
In the documents, Drake claims that UMG knew that Lamar’s lyrics and images in the song’s music video, were false and dangerous, and that it “chose corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, claims that Universal “approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track” that was “intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile, and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response.”
“Not Like Us” was one of the biggest hits of 2024, topping Luminate’s U.S. chart for on-demand audio and video streams for the year.
It is nominated for five Grammy Awards, and Lamar is the headline performer for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show.
Universal Music Group has posted a fiery response to Drake’s lawsuit stating that UMG invested massively in his music and our employees around the world have worked tirelessly for many years to help him achieve historic commercial and personal financial success.
