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Drake’s legal battle with UMG is unlike anything we’ve seen in the modern rap era. The Toronto superstar filed a civil defamation lawsuit against the label in January 2025, claiming they had backed ...

The ongoing conflict began when Lamar, 37, released “Not Like Us” in May 2024 ... Drake’s attorneys refuted UMG’s claims that Lamar’s lyrics were his opinion and alleged that “UMG ...

“Drake is holding the largest music conglomerate in the world accountable for its actions,” the rapper’s legal team contends Drake attends a game ... Like Us.” “UMG’s latest statement ...

They say the game performance “reached ... to fake streams of “Not Like Us.” In the amended complaint, Drake backs down somewhat, saying, “at minimum, UMG was aware that third parties ...

During the intermission of that NFL championship game in February 2025 ... claiming that UMG colluded with Spotify to boost the numbers of “Not Like Us” far beyond its global reach.

Drake and his legal team amended his original complaint against UMG to include Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, in which Lamar notably chose not to include a “Not Like Us ...

Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at the Super Bowl likely won’t change much in Drake’s efforts to sue UMG, said Ken White, a renowned 1st Amendment litigator who spoke to The Times ...

Drake filed a pre-action petition in November that preceded his defamation suit, in which he alleged that UMG “conspired” to artificially boost Lamar’s “Not Like Us” on Spotify ...

Drake claims that ‘Not Like Us’ is defamatory. It is not.” In a statement to Billboard on Monday, Drake’s attorney Michael J. Gottlieb responded to the new filing. “UMG wants to pretend ...

Additionally, they state that UMG CEO Lucian Grainge high-fived and hugged Dr. Dre while “Not Like Us” played, though a post-mortem YouTube clip of the high-five doesn’t include the song.

Karwai Tang/WireImage; Michael Owens/Getty The ongoing conflict began when Lamar, 37, released “Not Like Us” in May 2024 ... Drake’s attorneys refuted UMG’s claims that Lamar’s lyrics ...