{"id":2080302,"date":"2025-10-09T20:46:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2080302"},"modified":"2025-10-09T20:46:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:46:32","slug":"judge-tosses-drakes-defamation-lawsuit-against-universal-music-over-rap-beef-with-kendrick-lamar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/judge-tosses-drakes-defamation-lawsuit-against-universal-music-over-rap-beef-with-kendrick-lamar\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge tosses Drake&#8217;s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music over rap beef with Kendrick Lamar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a defamation lawsuit Drake brought against Universal Music Group, labeling the alleged libelous words as opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Judge Jeannette A. Vargas rejected the lawsuit on Thursday in a written opinion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The January lawsuit alleged that UMG published and promoted a track on rival Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track \u201cNot Like Us\u201d even though it included false pedophilia allegations against Drake and suggested listeners should resort to vigilante justice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_l1p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 hidden pb-5 md:block\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_151p56mhek5clubsnm6fbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lamar was not named in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Universal Music Group, the parent record label for both artists, had denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The lawsuit alleged the track led to violence Drake\u2019s home in Toronto, tarnished his reputation and decreased the value of his brand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a defamation lawsuit Drake brought against Universal Music Group, labeling the alleged libelous words as opinion. 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