“UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in order to distract its shareholders, artists and the public from a simple truth,” he wrote. “A greedy company [UMG] is finally being held responsible for profiting from dangerous misinformation that has already resulted in multiple acts of violence.”

Drake's legal team is confident their lawsuit against a "desperate" Universal Music Group will move forward, despite the label's motion to dismiss.

The ongoing legal battle between Drake and Universal Music Group (UMG) has taken a new turn, as the label has filed a motion to dismiss the rapper’s defamation lawsuit regarding Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track, “Not Like Us.”