Drake has filed a legal petition in Texas alleging that Universal Music Group defamed him by releasing Kendrick Lamar's diss track, "Not Like Us."

Drake's attorneys claim UMG fired employees who had "loyalty" to Drake, and that influencers were paid to promote "Not Like Us" without "disclosing."

Drake has filed a second legal petition against Universal Music Group (UMG) over Kendrick Lamar’s diss song ‘Not Like Us’. This latest development marks an unprecedented escalation in what music industry experts are calling one of hip-hop’s most significant legal battles.

Attorneys for Drake’s company, Frozen Moments LLC, claim the label used bots, payments, and more to inflate Lamar’s song

The beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar exploded on the airwaves this summer. Now it's found a new arena: the law courts. Drake alleged in a court filing Monday that Universal Music Group and Spotify conspired to “artificially inflate” Lamar’s summer hit “Not Like Us” by using bots,

Canadian rival’s filing claims record label paid radio stations and streamers to boost popularity of US rapper’s ‘Not Like Us’

According to Drake, “cease and desist is for h**s.” However, the Canadian rapper seemed not to heed his own advice. Kendrick and Drake’s battle of the blog era kings seemingly ended after Kendrick’s video for “Not Like Us” was released on the Fourth of July.

Drake makes a controversial comment on xQc’s stream that might reignite the beef between him and Kendrick Lamar, just days after Kendrick's new album.