Update: Drake’s attorney, Michael J. Gottlieb, shared a statement: “UMG wants to pretend that this is about a rap battle in order to distract its shareholders, artists and the public from a simple ...

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Universal Music Group’s dealmaking team has been on a tear in 2025, and its final deal of the year appears to be with Roblox.

Drake and UMG will enter court-ordered mediation over a defamation appeal tied to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”. Drake and Universal Music Group have been ordered into mediation by a federal appeals ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) has settled its lawsuit with Udio and announced a licensed AI music creation platform launching in 2026 The new platform will be trained exclusively on authorized and ...

Drake's defamation lawsuit against UMG was dismissed earlier this month. Attorneys for Drake sent word Wednesday that the rapper intends to appeal a decision dismissing his lawsuit against Universal ...

Earlier this month, a federal judge dismissed Drake's defamation case against his label, Universal Music Group (UMG). Today, Pitchfork reports that the Canadian rapper filed a notice to appeal the ...

The defamation case stemmed from a rap battle with Kendrick Lamar. A federal judge in New York has dismissed Drake’s defamation case against his record label, Universal Music Group, stemming from a ...

Payola practices are longstanding in the music industry, dating back to Universal Music Group’s $12 million settlement in 2006. When Drake’s “Taylor Made Freestyle” vanished from social media shortly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared is attorney for music, entertainment, and digital media. The hip-hop rivalry between Kendrick Lamar and Drake may be ...

Universal Music Group Chief Executive Lucian Grainge called Drake’s lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us” a “farcical” effort that’s “groundless and indeed ridiculous.” In a ...

Drake’s legal battle with Universal Music Group (UMG) escalated this week, as his attorneys filed two motions seeking to compel the company to produce key documents they say are central to the case.