A NEW YORK JUDGE HAS TOSSED OUT DRAKE'S DEFAMATION LAWSUIT AGAINST UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, STEMMING FROM KENDRICK LAMAR’S DIS TRACK “NOT LIKE US.”

DRAKE'S LAWSUIT ALLEGED THAT UMG PUBLISHED AND PROMOTED THE SONG, EVEN THOUGH IT INCLUDED FALSE PEDOPHILIA ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM AND SUGGESTED LISTENERS SHOULD RESORT TO VIGILANTE JUSTICE.

THE LAWSUIT ALSO ALLEGED THAT THE TRACK TARNISHED HIS REPUTATION AND DECREASED THE VALUE OF HIS BRAND.

THE JUDGE DETERMINED THAT THE ALLEGEDLY DEFAMATORY LYRICS ARE "NONACTIONABLE OPINION" AND THAT A REASONABLE LISTENER COULD NOT HAVE CONCLUDED THAT “NOT LIKE US” WAS CONVEYING OBJECTIVE FACTS ABOUT DRAKE.

THE RULING MARKS AN ABRUPT END TO A LEGAL BATTLE THAT STUNNED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO REPRESENTATIVES FOR DRAKE SEEKING COMMENT.