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Original Content Drake's "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Was Doomed From The Start In our first HotNewHipHop Video Essay, we look at Drake's lawsuit against UMG, and why it was always doomed to fail. By Alexander Cole October 17, 2025
Music Drake's UMG Lawsuit's Dismissal Shows Up In Fat Joe's Defamation Case Lawyer Tyrone Blackburn is representing Fat Joe's former hype man Terrance "T.A." Dixon in a defamation lawsuit not quite similar to Drake's. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 12, 2025
Music Kanye West Wants To Focus All His Energy On Supporting Drake's UMG Lawsuit During a recent rant on Sneako's livestream, Kanye West praised Drake's "red pill" move and used it as fuel for his legal pursuit of his kids. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025
Music Drake's Lawyers Fire Back At UMG's Recent Statement On His Defamation Lawsuit UMG asked Drake to "be careful what he wishes for," but the Toronto superstar's legal team is confident in the discovery process. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Admits Drake's UMG Lawsuit Was "Weak" From The Jump Although Drake's legal pursuit over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" was shut down, the debate it represents will sadly live on forever. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 10, 2025
Music Scholars Push Back On Drake's Appeal For "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Against UMG UMG recently filed a brief calling Drake a hypocrite for trying to appeal the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit over "Not Like Us." By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 04, 2026
Music Drake & UMG's Mediation In "Not Like Us" Lawsuit Appeal Has Been Delayed Attorneys for both Drake and Universal Music Group (UMG) previously requested delays in this lawsuit appeal due to the holidays. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 19, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Breaks Down Drake's Amended Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG DJ Akademiks is particularly interested in the label politics between Drake and Kendrick Lamar, who are both under UMG. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 18, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Claims To Know Which Record Label Will Release Drake's Next Album Drizzy's lawsuit against UMG means that they might not want to work together right now. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 06, 2025
Music Drake Alleges "NFR Podcast" Was Paid To Cover Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" Historically, the Canadian-based podcasters are known as some of Drake's biggest supporters. By Zachary Horvath November 26, 2024
Music Drake's Federal Lawsuit Against UMG: The Biggest Takeaways Drake's taking UMG to court over "Not Like Us." By Aron A. January 17, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks & Wack 100 Get Into Shouting Match Over Drake's UMG Lawsuit & Canceled Tour DJ Akademiks and Wack 100 have had sides in the never-ending Drake versus Kendrick Lamar debate for a hot minute now. By Zachary Horvath March 24, 2025