Judge drops Drake’s defamation case against UMG

Judge drops Drake’s defamation case against UMG

Universal Music Group will not have to face a lawsuit from Drake, who accused the record company of defamation over its distribution and promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” “The Hollywood Reporter” said that U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas found on Thursday that Lamar’s diss track advances “nonactionable opinion” that can’t be considered defamatory. Lamar (Interscope Records) and Drake (Republic Records) are represented by two diff…