UMG lawsuit, the rapper's lawyers say people who heard "Not Like Us" took Kendrick's lyrics about Drake being a pedophile literally.

UMG had previously requested that the court delay discovery. That motion has now been denied, meaning that Drake can proceed with requesting access to documents that UMG has called “highly ...

At a pre-trial conference this morning in New York, Judge Jeanette Vargas ruled that the discovery process in Drake’s ...

The label also argues that ‘Not Like Us’ is protected as opinion and rhetorical hyperbole, meaning it cannot be considered defamation. Additionally, UMG states that Drake has failed to ...

Drake's legal team has provided the following statement to XXL in response to UMG asking that the rapper's defamation lawsuit be dismissed. "UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in ...

The eye-popping comments from Universal Music Group (UMG) came in a filing submitted Monday in which the company asked a judge to dismiss the defamation lawsuit, which Drake filed in January.

He ruled that the band had in fact been “paid millions in advances” and that UMG had fronted “substantial sums” to record and distribute Limp Bizkit’s albums — meaning the band didn ...

Update: Drake’s attorney, Michael J. Gottlieb, shared a statement: “UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in order to distract its shareholders, artists and the public from a ...

Simpsons meme to save what little is left of Drake’s dignity. Universal Music Group (UMG) basically wrote a diss track of its own in a newly filed motion to dismiss the rapper’s “Not Like Us ...

of November 2024, where Drake filed several legal actions against Kendrick’s label, Universal Music Group (UMG) and iHeart Media, alleging that they both used backdoor methods to inflate the ...

Though the judge denied UMG’s injunction, a case will still move forward (though Billboard notes Anthropic is likely to try to get it dismissed following this ruling). UMG initially sued ...