Drake is suing his record label for spreading a “false and malicious narrative” when it released and promoted Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

In a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, Drake accused Universal Music Group of putting his life and reputation at risk by releasing and promoting the popular diss track.

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.

The lawsuit accuses the record label of promoting the “false and malicious narrative” that Drake is a pedophile, which the rapper denies, by releasing "Not Like Us."

Drake has officially upped the ante in his battle over Kendrick Lamar's chart-topper "Not Like Us," with a new lawsuit accusing his and Lamar's music distributor of profiting off his defamation by releasing the diss track.

Kendrick Lamar is kicking of 2025 with a bang. The rapper's monumental hit, "Not Like Us," has officially surpassed one billion Spotify streams. Lamar's anthemic track, released in May 2024, marked the end of the highly publicized feud between himself and Drake and became a longstanding hit,

Today we’re checking in on the state of the music world, pegged to two developments. The first: Drake sued Universal Music Group NV on Wednesday over alleged defamation stemming from Kendrick Lamar’s song Not Like Us.

During a celebrity news roundup, Bravo's Daryn Carp reported that Drake is suing Universal Music Group, which represents both him and Kendrick Lamar. Drake claims the diss track "Not Like Us" caused him "bodily harm,

The summer single, one of several to come from a feud with fellow rapper Drake, was one of the biggest songs of 2024, hitting the top of Billboard’s Hot 100.