Drake Withdraws Legal Petition Accusing Spotify And Files Federal Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG

Drake filed the defamation case Wednesday morning in federal court in NYC ripping UMG for releasing and promoting Kendrick Lamar's vicious diss track, "Not Like Us." In the docs, Drake says UMG knew full well Kendrick's lyrics, and images in the music video, referring to Drake as a pedophile were false and dangerous. In the suit he calls Kendrick's hit filled with "inflammatory and shocking allegations was a "gold mine" for UMG. and he says they had an ulterior financial motive in promoting it. Drake claims his label was doing everything it could to pump up "Not Like Us" because it knew it would devalue his music and brand and, therefore, give UMG leverage in future contract negotiations with Drake. Drake's last UMG contract, signed in 2022, was a blockbuster deal worth a reported $400 million Drake says he's got bot receipts to show just how far the label went to turn Kendrick's song into an anthem. According to the suit, UMG paid a third party to use bots to increase the song's streams by at least 30 million and engaged in a "pay for play" scheme with at least one radio promoter. people wonder will the NFL and FOX, which is airing the Super Bowl, allow Kendrick to use the pedophile lyrics when he performs Drake isn't going directly after Kendrick in the suit in fact, he says, "This lawsuit is not about the artist who created 'Not Like Us.' It is, instead, entirely about UMG, the music company that decided to publish, promote, exploit, and monetize" the song which it knew contained false claims. The music industry and fans of Kendrick and Drake thought Drake was retreating in this legal battle, because on Tuesday he'd filed a motion to drop a legal action he'd filed against UMG and Spotify in New York state court.

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