Regarding Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like Us,” Drake is intensifying his legal dispute with Universal Music Group.
Drake claims that Lamar’s reputation has been further harmed by his Grammys victory and Super Bowl performance.
Both rappers are signed to UMG, but they are in different divisions. In 2024, they competed in a number of diss tracks, with Lamar topping the charts.
Drake first sued UMG in January and alleged that they defamed him by spreading a “false and malicious narrative” when it promoted Lamar’s diss track.
The lyrics of the song describe Drake as a “certified pedophile” and a “predator” who needs to be “placed on neighborhood watch.”
UMG filed a motion last month to dismiss the lawsuit, insisting that the claims are “no more than Drake’s attempt to save face for his unsuccessful rap battle” with Lamar.
In the amended complaint, filed on Wednesday in a federal court in New York City, Drake’s lawyers stated that the Super Bowl and the Grammys were “prestigious and high-exposure events” that “introduced new listeners” to the allegedly defamatory song.
It added that “not only did streams of the Recording increase significantly following these two mega-cultural events, but threats against Drake and his family did as well.”
Lamar won five Grammy awards in February and one week later headlined the halftime show.
However, he decided to omit the word “pedophile” during his performance, which which was watched by 133.5 million viewers, according to The Associated Press.
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