The leading hip-hop superstar beef has been cranked up another notch, with Drake suing Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

Rapper Drake has filed a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group related to Kendrick Lamar diss track "Not Like Us."

The rapper Drake has sued Universal Music Group for defamation, alleging the music empire of promoting a diss track against him last spring.

Universal Music Group has posted a fiery response to Drake’s lawsuit around Kendrick Lamar’s brutal diss track, “Not Like Us,” in which he accuses the company of defamation. Early Wednesday, Drake sued the company for defamation and harassment,

RAPPER Drake has filed a new lawsuit against his record label, accusing it of pushing an “inflammatory and dangerous narrative” by promoting rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track.

One day after dropping his pre-action petition against Universal Music Group, Drake has officially sued the label over Kendrick Lamar diss record, “Not Like Us.”

Wednesday, it was reported that Drake filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group for defamation and harassment surrounding the release of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about him, “Not Like Us.” Both Drake and Kendrick have been putting out music with UMG and its subsidiaries for over a decade,