Drake’s Lawsuit Against Universal Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Has Been Thrown Out By A Judge

Getty Image Drake had a horrible 2024 and an pretty bad early 2025 thanks to Kendrick Lamar, and today, he’s suffered one final indignity — albeit, a largely self-inflicted one. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a judge has thrown out Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group for promoting Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” saying, “A reasonable listener could not have concluded that ‘Not Like Us’ was conveying objective facts about Drake.” U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled on the grounds that Kendrick’s rhymes calling Drake a “certified pedophile” came in the cont