Judge Sides with Drake over UMG Discovery

Last month, in his ongoing defamation of character lawsuit against Universal Music Group for distributing Kendrick Lamar's diss track, "Not Like Us," Drake demanded to see Kendrick's UMG contract [click here if you missed that].

Permission has been granted...

A judge today rejected UMG’s motion to stay discovery in Drake’s lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” and Drake’s lawyers emailed me this celebratory press release.

“Now it's time to see what UMG was so desperately trying to hide.” pic.twitter.com/Z0LYAisUk8

— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) April 2, 2025

As @innercitypress reported, Drake's lawyers say they're withdrawing allegations that UMG "conspired with and paid currently unknown parties to use 'bots'" to boost "Not Like Us."

From the complaint:https://t.co/s1YyJEE02L pic.twitter.com/M6pjwuo7WE

— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) April 2, 2025