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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel and Kevin E G Perry

Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music over Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us track dismissed by judge

Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over its release of Kendrick Lamar’s scathing diss track “Not Like Us” has been dismissed.

The Canadian rapper had sued the music label, which represents both him and Lamar, over the claim that it spread the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile with the song’s lyrics, “Say, Drake, I hear you like em’ young” and “Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles.”

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