Courtroom Showdown – Drake and Kendrick Lamar Could Testify in Explosive UMG ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit C. Vernon Coleman II Published: July 18, 2025 Simone Joyner/Christopher Polk/Getty Images (2) ...

Kendrick’s manager, Anthony Saleh, also made the cut. UMG argues Lamar “is likely to have discoverable information concerning the creation of the recording, image, and video and the ...

Drake first sued UMG — not Lamar — over the song’s release back in January, alleging that the company “decided to publish, promote, exploit and monetize allegations that it understood were ...

UMG's witness list relies on Drake and Kendrick Lamar When looking at Universal Music Group’s (UMG) list of people who may speak in court, they have chosen fewer names than their rival, with ...

Lamar is not named in the lawsuit. However, Drake additionally claimed that UMG knew the accusations we false but chose corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists.

The legal action, sparked by Kendrick Lamar’s scathing “Not Like Us” diss track, has prompted reactions across the Hip-Hop community, but Pusha isn’t holding back.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar. For the second straight day, Drake has taken legal action against Universal Music Group, this time in Texas, over Kendrick Lamar's diss track “Not Like Us.” ...

FILE – In this combination of images, rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere ...

UMG has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, asserting that Drake’s claims are an attempt to simply salvage his image after sorely losing the public feud with Lamar.

Hip hop superstar Drake is now complaining about rival rapper Kendrick Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at this year’s Super Bowl. Drake added it on Wednesday to his defamation lawsuit ...

UMG also owns Def Jam, making the already complicated dynamics even more tricky. We also can’t forget Pusha’s past beef with Drake, in which he spilled the tea on the “Hotline Bling ...