Universal Music Group is requesting to dismiss Drake’s federal defamation lawsuit against the label over Kendrick Lamar’s blockbuster song “Not Like Us,” saying in a legal filing that the rapper’s lawsuit is a “misguided attempt to salve his wounds” after he “lost a rap battle that he provoked.

In light of Drake filing charges of defamation for Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us', Lamar's label comes to a showstopping rescue.

Universal Music Group says the defamation lawsuit filed by Drake over Kendrick Lamar's song "Not Like Us" is "baseless."