“Instead of accepting the loss like the unbothered rap artist he often claims to be, he has sued his own record label in a misguided attempt to salve his wounds”: Universal Music hits back in Drake defamation case

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Universal Music has made moves to dismiss the defamation suit Drake took out against it, describing it as “a misguided attempt” by the Canadian rapper to “salve his wounds” after he was viewed to have “lost a rap battle” with Kendrick Lamar.

In the motion, filed in a New York district court, Universal - which represents both Drake and Lamar - claimed that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated.