The petition alleges UMG used bots to drive up streams on "Not Like Us," paid radio promoters to increase air play and paid Apple to have Siri misdirect users to Kendrick Lamar's hit song.

The legal intersection of music, poetry, and defamation presents a fascinating landscape where creativity collides with ...

A federal judge in New York tossed out a defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group, ruling that lyrics branding the superstar as a pedophile in Kendrick Lamar's ...

Drake is putting the pressure on UMG to reveal the unredacted contract Kendrick Lamar signed that gave way to the release of the “Not Like Us” diss track. Drake’s side alleges that UMG CEO Sir Lucian ...

Update: 6:43 a.m. PT (Oct. 10, 2025) – In an email to VIBE, a spokesperson for Drake issued the following statement in response to Judge Jeannette Varga’s decision. A judge has dismissed Drake’s ...

The second civil suit for defamation, filed against both iHeartMedia and UMG, accuses the companies of knowingly damaging Drake’s reputation. iHeartMedia, headquartered in San Antonio, is named as a ...

Drake secured access to Kendrick Lamar’s sealed UMG contract as part of his lawsuit over “Not Like Us,” but the public won’t get to read it. Drake just scored a legal win in his ongoing lawsuit ...

CNN — (CNN) — Drake is battling his own record label over a song that is the lynchpin of a now legendary hip-hop feud. In a lawsuit against UMG Recordings, Inc., brought Wednesday in the US District ...

On Monday (July 14), both sides offered up lists of people whom they would like to be subpoenaed as potential witnesses to testify in the case, where Drizzy is accusing UMG of defaming him by ...

Universal Music Group is calling on a federal judge to shut down Drake's petition to unseal Kendrick Lamar's contract, stating that public disclosure could cripple its negotiating ability with artists ...

A federal judge dismissed Drake's defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, ruling that Kendrick Lamar's lyrics were opinion rather than factual statements. The lawsuit was part of a ...