Drake's legal team said Universal Music Group used its resources to "elevate a dangerous and inflammatory message that was designed to assassinate Drake’s character."

Drake filed a lawsuit Tuesday against his and Kendrick Lamar’s record label Universal Music Group, claiming Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” defamed Drake by calling him a “certified pedophile”—a major escalation of the months-long feud between the two rappers.

The leading hip-hop superstar beef has been cranked up another notch, with Drake suing Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

Drake had filed actions against Universal Music Group and Spotify, in which he claimed the two companies had colluded to artificially boost the streaming numbers of Lamar’s song “Not Like Us.” The song was one of several tracks released in a feud between Drake and Lamar.

In a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday, Drake sued his label Universal Music Group, calling its release of Kendrick Lamar song "Not Like Us" defamatory and harassment.

Drake sued UMG in federal court one day after withdrawing a previous petition accusing the label of using bots to boost ‘Not Like Us’

Rapper Drake has withdrawn his legal petition accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group of artificially inflating Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us".

The rapper Drake has sued Universal Music Group for defamation, alleging the music empire of promoting a diss track against him last spring.

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,

Drake's lawyers claim the drive-by shooting of one of his security guards outside of his Toronto mansion (a.k.a. "The Embassy") may be connected to "Not Like Us," because it happe

The Canadian musician filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, accusing the company of defamation by allowing the song to be published, claiming it had spread the "false and malicious narrative" that he is a paedophile.