Drake’s ongoing legal battle with his label, Universal Music Group, has escalated. The artist filed a lawsuit in federal court today, accusing UMG of harming his reputation and endangering him for profit.

Drake filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group, claiming the music giant defamed him by promoting Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us."

But when Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track went viral and topped music charts globally, Drake reacted by alleging Spotify and UMG came up with an illegal scheme to boost the song.

Drake has withdrawn the petition he raised accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) of illegally boosting Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track “Not Like Us.” According to documents filed with the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday,

Drake has withdrawn a legal action accusing Universal Music Group and Spotify of artificially inflating Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us."

Psych! Just when you thought Drake was going to put the legal action over “Not Like Us” to bed, he went and filed a federal lawsuit about it. Late Tuesday, the rapper quietly withdrew his legal action accusing Universal Music Group of colluding with Spotify to artificially inflate Kendrick Lamar’s diss track.

Despite a briefly held assumption that things may be cooling down on the legal front when it comes to Drake 's allegations over Kendrick Lamar 's "Not Like Us " diss, we now know that no such thing is afoot.

The scuffle between rap icons Drake and Kendrick Lamar has taken another turn after the former dropped the case against Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) over Lamar’s highly controversial single,

Although Drake withdrew his legal petition against his label, Universal Music Group, on Tuesday, he doubled down Wednesday, suing the company for defamation and harassment, spreading the “false and malicious narrative” that he is a pedophile via Kendrick Lamar's brutal diss track,

Drake has intensified his legal battle against Universal Music Group (UMG), filing a defamation lawsuit accusing the label of spreading a "false and malicious narrative" about him being a pedophile. The lawsuit,

In a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, Drake accused Universal Music Group of putting his life and reputation at risk by releasing and promoting the popular diss track.