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Canadian Rapper Drake Sues His Record Label Over Kendrick Lamar Diss Track

Drake is accusing Universal Music Group of publishing and promoting the hit ‘Not Like Us’ to defame and exploit him for profit.
Canadian Rapper Drake Sues His Record Label Over Kendrick Lamar Diss Track
Drake gestures as he watches the Toronto Raptors against the Los Angeles Lakers in Toronto on March 18, 2022. The Canadian Press/Chris Young
Elma Aksalic
Elma Aksalic
Freelance Reporter
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Canadian rapper and actor Drake is taking his own record label to task, filing a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) for defamation over the track “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar.

In the lawsuit brought on Jan. 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the 38-year-old accuses UMG of publishing the song to defame and exploit him for profit.
Elma Aksalic
Elma Aksalic
Freelance Reporter
Elma Aksalic is a freelance entertainment reporter for The Epoch Times and an experienced TV news anchor and journalist covering original content for Newsmax magazine.
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