Drake and UMGS “NOT LIKE US” study can last for three weeks

Drake is prepared for a week’s long trial against the Universal Music Group after the release of Kendrick LamarGrammy-winning diss track.

In court documents obtained by People on Wednesday, April 9, the 38-year-old Canadian rapper’s legal defense says that “residence discussions have not taken place.”

According to the archiving, the case is expected to be tested before a jury and is expected to last for three weeks in New York.

The ongoing conflict began when Lamar, 37, released “Not Like Us” in May 2024, as the two artists were involved in a public feud. Lamar’s single refers to Drake as a “certified pedophile” to be “placed on the neighborhood watch.”

The Compton rapper also performed the hit on the Super Bowl show 2025 in February.

Although the word “pedophile” was omitted from his TV performance, Lamar smiled as he watched the camera when he delivered the line, “Say, Drake, I hear you like them young.”

This year’s big game was seen by an estimated 127.7 million people, making it the largest Super Bowl audience in television history, according to research by Nielsen.

In a previous archiving obtained by peopleDrake’s lawyers remodeled UMG’s claims that Lamar’s texts were his opinion and claimed that “Umprap completely ignores the complaint’s accusations that millions of people, all over the world, understood (the song) as a factual claim that (dragon) is a pedophile.”

“UMG continued bravely to publish and market (the song) even after (Drakes) home was attacked by a pistolman, after his company was discouraged, after (Drake) made UMG aware of the errors in the allegations they were considered), and after UMG knew the public believed that the allegations were true statements.

On March 31, Drake released a new music video for his single ”Nokia“And the fans came up with theories about how rapper” Hotline Bling “apparently struck back on California’s native.

A fan pointed out That Drake’s black and white music video for “Nokia” was similar to the filter used in Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”

“Drake must troll Kendrick safely. The hand shake, the owls, the birdseye view, the dances, koreo,” Another fan wrote.

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In the midst of the ongoing feud, UMG previously said that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked” and “sued his own record label in an incorrect attempt to ointment his wounds.”