Drake himself has written and performed massively successful songs containing equally provocative taunts against other artists," the company said in a statement.

Universal Music Group (UMG) has filed a motion to dismiss rapper Drake's amended defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us."

As expected, Drake’s label Universal Music Group has entered a motion to dismiss the rapper’s amended lawsuit for defamation that he filed in April. Drake filed his initial suit against UMG in January over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,