Universal’s Scathing Legal Filing Against Drake

And Drake hasn’t exactly taken the situation on the chin; back in January, he filed a lawsuit against his own record label, Universal Music Group, which is also the label behind Kendrick. In the suit, Drake accused UMG of defamation and harassment, and claimed that they “approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track” that was “intended to convey the specific, unmistakable, and false factual allegation that Drake is a criminal pedophile, and to suggest that the public should resort to vigilante justice in response.”

But on Monday, Universal hit back as they filed an absolutely brutal motion to dismiss Drake’s suit against them, alleging that the artist is simply trying to “salve his wounds” after losing a rap battle. Per Variety, the scathing suit claims that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated. Instead of accepting the loss like the unbothered rap artist he often claims to be, he has sued his own record label in a misguided attempt to salve his wounds. Plaintiff’s Complaint is utterly without merit and should be dismissed with prejudice.”

And the whole thing has caused quite a stir on social media, with many people reacting to UMG’s claims against Drake on X. One particularly viral tweet responding to Variety’s quotes from the suit simply reads: “something really devastating about a legal document stating you’ve lost a rap battle.”