UMG Says Drake Insults Are Just Trash Talk, Not Defamation

By Stewart Bishop ( June 30, 2025, 10:41 PM EDT) -- Universal Music Group on Monday urged a New York federal judge to dismiss a defamation suit from hip-hop star Drake against the record label over the hit dis track "Not Like Us" by his rival Kendrick Lamar, casting Lamar's lyrics as opinion and hyperbole....

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