Drake Sues Universal Music for Defamation in Kendrick Lamar Song

The rap artist Drake has sued Universal Music Group NV for defamation in US federal court, accusing the company of putting his life in danger by releasing and promoting a song by his rival and labelmate Kendrick Lamar.

In a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, Drake — whose given name is Aubrey Drake Graham — detailed multiple incidents of violence that occurred at his home in Toronto last spring after Universal released Lamar’s so-called diss track “Not Like Us.” The song, which was part of a high-profile public dispute carried out through a barrage of releases from the two artists, “falsely accuses Drake of being a pedophile and calls for violent retribution against him,” according to the complaint.