The label goes on to refute allegations that “Not Like Us” issued a “call to violence,” as Drake’s security guard was shot outside the rapper’s home days after the song’s release. UMG claims that “Drake attempts to contort violent metaphors in the lyrics into incitement.”

Drake’s defamation lawsuit over the recording label’s release of Kendrick Lamar’s hit track “Not Like Us.”In January, Drake accused UMG — which he is also signed to — of spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile with the release of Lamar’s song,