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,

In a motion filed on Monday, March 17, Drake's record label filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Universal Music Group fired back at the Canadian rapper calling his allegations “meritless.

In the court filing, which was reviewed by Variety, UMG made it abundantly clear who it viewed as the victor in Drake and Lamar’s escalating beef last summer. Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated,