A federal judge dismissed Drake’s defamation-and-harassment lawsuit against his longtime label, Universal Music Group, over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” on October 9. Drake filed the complaint back in January, arguing that his reputation was harmed because listeners would genuinely believe that he was a “certified pedophile.” But in the context of a multi-track feud in which Drake was also leveling incendiary language at Lamar, his case fell flat to judge Jeannette Vargas. “Although the accusation that plaintiff is a pedophile is certainly a serious one, the broader context of a heated rap battle, with incendiary language and offensive accusations hurled by both participants, would not incline the reasonable listener to believe that ‘Not Like Us’ imparts verifiable facts abo

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