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ARTICLE · 13 FEBRUARY 2025

The Eagles Prevailed, But Will Kendrick Lamar?

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On January 15 Aubrey "Drake" Graham brought a novel defamation action against his own label, Universal Music Group, Inc., for its role in approving, publishing, and promoting Kendrick Lamar's viral diss track Not Like Us.

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On January 15 Aubrey "Drake" Graham brought a novel defamation action against his own label, Universal Music Group, Inc., for its role in approving, publishing, and promoting Kendrick Lamar's viral diss track Not Like Us.

In case you have been living under a rock, just know that for years now there has been no love lost between the former collaborators (see Poetic Justice), but their feud reached a boiling point in the spring of 2024 when the two released an exchange of diss tracks at seemingly record speed.

Kendrick put the proverbial nail in the coffin with the release of 2025 Grammy-winning Song and Record of the Year Not Like Us. At issue are Kendrick's explosive lyrics "Say, Drake, I hear you like 'em young," "Certified Lover Boy? Certified pedophiles," and, most famously, "Tryna' strike a chord and it's probably A-minor."

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