Drake Files Appeal for Kendrick Lamar Verdict

Last year Canadian rapper Drake's historic defamation of character lawsuit against Universal Music Group for distributing Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss track, "Not Like Us, was dismissed [click here if you missed that].

Now Drake had filed his appeal...

From StereoGum

According to his legal team's 60-page document, Kendrick's lyrics state as an "unambiguous matter of fact" that Drake is a "certified pdf file," and Universal "relentlessly" promoted the song, causing Drake significant harm. "The court effectively created an unprecedented and overbroad categorical rule that statements in rap diss tracks can never constitute statements of fact," his attorney writes.

UMG's response to the brief is due March 27.