<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>A federal judge in New York dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against his own label Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” finding that the rapper’s lyrics in the song are “nonactionable opinion.”</p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-0" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/68e81e676a12d4faefd43161/Wireless-Festival-2025---Day-Two/960x0.jpg?fit=scale" alt="Wireless Festival 2025 - Day Two" width="100%" height="auto"></div><div style="--article-bg-color:#faf3f1"><div class="bMqrj"><div class="Jp--BF7-"><span style="-webkit-line-clamp:2" class="Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM">Drake sued Universal Music Group, alleging defamation for distributing Kendrick Lamar's song "Not Like Us."</span></div><small class="pGGCM2aD">Getty Images</small></div></div></figure>

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A federal judge found that Kendrick Lamar’s lyrics in the 2024 hit were “nonactionable opinion.”{ai:summary}<p>A New York federal judge dismissed Drake’s defamation suit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us,’ saying the lyrics are nonactionable opinion.</p><p>The ruling ends Drake’s defamation claim against UMG for now. #culture</p>

Judge Dismisses Drake’s Lawsuit Against Label Over ‘Not Like Us’

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