In an amended complaint in April, Drake focused on events that had taken place since the initial filing, and claimed that UMG further damaged his reputation by allowing Lamar to perform Not Like Us at the Super Bowl and consenting to the song being played at the 2025 Grammys.

Drake's label Universal Music Group filed to dismiss his amended lawsuit, calling his new allegations 'astonishing.'

Universal Music Group has moved to dismiss Drake’s defamation lawsuit after the rapper amended his complaint regarding Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” According to Rolling Stone, UMG blasted the 38-year-old’s lawsuit as “astonishing” in a new filing on Wednesday (May 7).