Drake drummed up headlines again today (January 15) when he withdrew his initial legal filing against Universal Music Group and Spotify – only to formally file a federal defamation lawsuit against the latter.

As reported, the MC claims the label is responsible for fueling ‘Not Like Us’ – Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track aimed at him. With his latest filing, he’s taking particular umbrage with the lyrics that deem him a “p*dophile.”

Now, the industry giant has hit back – and hit back thunderously.

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Moments ago, UMG issued the following statement:

“Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist — let alone Drake — is illogical. We have invested massively in his music and our employees around the world have worked tirelessly for many years to help him achieve historic commercial and personal financial success.

Throughout his career, Drake has intentionally and successfully used UMG to distribute his music and poetry to engage in conventionally outrageous back-and-forth ‘rap battles’ to express his feelings about other artists. He now seeks to weaponize the legal process to silence an artist’s creative expression and to seek damages from UMG for distributing that artist’s music. We have not and do not engage in defamation — against any individual. 

At the same time, we will vigorously defend this litigation to protect our people and our reputation, as well as any artist who might directly or indirectly become a frivolous litigation target for having done nothing more that write a song.”

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