Drake sues Universal Music for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar diss track 'Not Like Us'
The lawsuit alleges UMG published and promoted the track even though it included false pedophilia allegations against Drake
A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamarâs diss track âNot Like Us.â
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges UMG published and promoted the track even though it included false pedophilia allegations against Drake and suggested listeners should resort to vigilante justice. Lamar is not named in the suit.
The result, the suit says, was intruders shooting a security guard at Drakeâs Toronto home, as well as online hate and harassment, a hit to his reputation and decreasing his brandâs value before his contract renegotiation with UMG this year. The company has contracts with both stars.
âThe lawsuit is not about the artist who created âNot Like Us,ââ the lawsuit says, referring to Lamar. âIt is, instead, entirely about UMG, the music company that decided to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize allegations that it understood were not only false, but dangerous.â
The suit later alleges, âUMG did so because it understood that the Recordingâs inflammatory and shocking allegations were a gold mine.â
And, the suit claims, the music company has made large investments and used its connections to arrange for âNot Like Usâ to be performed at next monthâs Super Bowl, where Lamar will be the halftime entertainment.
The lawsuit, which is seeking a trial and an undisclosed amount of money for damages, also repeated allegations in other legal filings that UMG falsely pumped up the popularity of âNot Like Usâ on streaming services.
The track is nominated for five Grammys, including record of the year and song of the year.
Representatives for Drake declined to comment Wednesday. Representatives for UMG and Lamar did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
In a previous statement responding to similar allegations in pre-litigation filings, the record company said the âsuggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns.â
The feud between Drake, a 38-year-old Canadian rapper and singer and five-time Grammy winner, and Lamar, a 37-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner, is among the biggest in hip-hop in recent years, with two of the genreâs biggest stars at its center.
The two were occasional collaborators more than a decade ago, but Lamar began taking public jabs at Drake starting in 2013. The fight escalated steeply last year.
Drakeâs lawyers, from New York-based Willkie Farr & Gallagher, said the lawsuit seeks to hold UMG accountable for knowingly promoting false and defamatory allegations against him.
âBeginning on May 4, 2024 and every day since, UMG has used its massive resources as the worldâs most powerful music company to elevate a dangerous and inflammatory message that was designed to assassinate Drakeâs character, and led to actual violence at Drakeâs doorstep,â the law firm said in a statement.
âThis lawsuit reveals the human and business consequences to UMGâs elevation of profits over the safety and well-being of its artists, and shines a light on the manipulation of artists and the public for corporate gain,â it said.
Dave Collins, The Associated Press
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