The second legal action, filed in Texas, accuses UMG of defamation for releasing "Not Like Us," which was "falsely accusing [Drake] of being a sex offender," and colluding with iHeartRadio in a play-for-pay scheme.

Drake has filed a second legal petition against Universal Music Group (UMG) over Kendrick Lamar’s diss song ‘Not Like Us’. This latest development marks an unprecedented escalation in what music industry experts are calling one of hip-hop’s most significant legal battles.

In the new filing, Drake’s attorneys (by way of Frozen Moments, LLC) claim UMG “could have refused to release or distribute the song or required the offending material to be edited and/or removed. But UMG chose to do the opposite.