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Drake Files Lawsuit Against UMG For Promotion & Harassment of “Not Like Us” | Billboard News
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1/16/2025
Drake filed a lawsuit against UMG for defamation and harassment of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” Keep watching for the full details of the case.
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Drake ending his legal beef against UMG and Kendrick? From ending the petition to filing
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a lawsuit, we got the story. The Canadian rapper has filed an official lawsuit on Wednesday in
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federal court suing Universal Music Group for defamation and harassment, calling its release
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and promotion of Not Like Us an example of valuing corporate greed over the safety and
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well-being of its artists. The suit accuses UMG of having approved, published, and launched a
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campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track that was intended to convey the specific,
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unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile and to suggest that
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the public should resort to vigilante justice in response. For a quick refresher, back in November,
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Drake shocked the music industry when he filed legal petitions against UMG and Spotify,
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accusing them of an illegal scheme involving bots, payola,
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and other methods to pump up Kendrick Lamar's diss song against Drake, Not Like Us.
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Those filings were not full-fledged lawsuits but rather pre-action petitions
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aimed to secure information so that a full lawsuit can be filed.
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An attorney for Drake did not immediately return a request for comment. A spokesperson
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for UMG declined to comment. A representative for Spotify did not immediately respond to a
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request for comment. For more hip-hop news, keep it locked right here at Billboard.
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