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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

Drake claims label should have refused to release ‘Not Like Us’ instead of letting Kendrick attack his ‘character’

Drake is doubling down on his claims against Universal Music Group - (Getty Images)

Drake says his record company should have chosen to stop label mate and avowed rival Kendrick Lamar from releasing diss track “Not Like Us,” but instead turned it into a “viral mega-hit” to hurt the Canadian rapper’s career.

In a petition filed in a Texas court on Monday afternoon and made public Tuesday, the Toronto-born performer piled a raft of additional accusations against Universal Music Group (UMG), just hours after leveling the bombshell claim that the media giant artificially juiced streams of Lamar’s song — which dubs Drake a pedophile — while suppressing his own work.

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