Drake has filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group for Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Drake filed in federal court on Wednesday and said the release of Lamar's "Not Like Us," which is aimed at the Canadian rapper, an example of valuing "corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists."
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00:00Drake has filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group and Kendrick Lamar for the artist mega hit not like us
00:07Drake filed in federal court on Wednesday and said the release of Lamar's not like us which is aimed at the Canadian rapper was an
00:13Example of valuing corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists
00:17Both artists are signed to UMG subsidiaries Republic Records and Interscope Records
00:22The new lawsuit claims UMG approved
00:25Published and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track that was intended to convey the specific
00:32unmistakable and false factual
00:34Allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response
00:40Drake's latest suit comes two months after he claimed UMG and Spotify
00:44Inflated the streams of not like us which Lamar dropped in May after the rappers feud resurfaced in March
00:50Becoming one of 2024's biggest hits and nominated for key Grammys
00:54However, it was reported late Tuesday that he dropped that legal action in that case for more updates and details to the story
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