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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Drake’s record label files to dismiss rapper’s ‘misguided’ lawsuit over ‘Not Like Us’ lyrics

Universal Music Group Recordings Inc. has filed a motion to dismiss Drake’s defamation lawsuit over the recording label’s release of Kendrick Lamar’s hit track “Not Like Us.”

In January, Drake accused UMG — which he is also signed to — of spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile with the release of Lamar’s song, which includes the lyrics: “Say, Drake, I hear you like em’ young.”

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