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Drake sues Universal Music for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’ [Video]

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FILE – Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series “Euphoria,” in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP Photo, File) (Chris Pizzello, Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New York City, alleges UMG — the parent record label for Drake and Lamar — published and promoted the track even though it included false pedophilia allegations against Drake and suggested listeners should resort to vigilante justice. Lamar is not named in the suit.

The result, the suit says, was intruders shooting a security guardand two attempted break-ins at Drake’s Toronto home, online hate and harassment, a hit to his reputation and a decrease …

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