“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.”

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.”

Universal Music Group (UMG) is once again firing back against Drake’s “Not Like Us” lawsuit – this time with a firmly worded motion to toss the “meritless” complaint. The major label doubled down on its dismissal push today,