CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports:

Although Drake withdrew his legal petition against his label, Universal Music Group, on Tuesday, he doubled down Wednesday, suing the company for defamation and harassment, spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile via Kendrick Lamar’s brutal diss track, “Not Like Us,” according to the lawsuit.

In the documents, Drake claims that UMG knew that Lamar’s lyrics and images in the song’s music video, were false and dangerous, and that it “chose corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists. In controversy,” it continues, “UMG saw an opportunity, seized it, and continued to fan the flames.”

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Drake Doubles Down: Rapper Sues His Label, Universal Music, for Defamation Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Diss Track variety.com/2025/music/n…

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— Variety (@variety.bsky.social) January 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM