Drake's legal team said UMG used its resources to "elevate a dangerous and inflammatory message that was designed to assassinate Drake’s character."

Drake is battling his own record label over a song that is the lynchpin of a now legendary hip-hop feud.

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. "Not only are these claims untrue,

In a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, Drake accused Universal Music Group of putting his life and reputation at risk by releasing and promoting the popular diss track.

Drake claims UMG valued “corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists" by promoting the Grammy-nominated hit.

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

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.”

Drake has withdrawn the petition he raised accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) of illegally boosting Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track “Not Like Us.” According to documents filed with the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday,

Drake filed a lawsuit against UMG for defamation over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Keep watching for the full details of the case. Tetris Kelly:Is Drake ending his legal beef against UMG and Kendrick?

Drake sued his longtime label on Wednesday, accusing Universal Music Group of defamation for promoting Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," saying the song's false accusation that the Canadian rapper is a pedophile has put him and his family in danger.

But when Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track went viral and topped music charts globally, Drake reacted by alleging Spotify and UMG came up with an illegal scheme to boost the song.