Drake himself has written and performed massively successful songs containing equally provocative taunts against other artists," the company said in a statement.

Universal Music Group has filed a motion to dismiss rapper Drake's amended defamation lawsuit against the music corporation over its release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar's Grammy-winning diss track "Not Like Us.

UMG is pushing back on Drake’s lawsuit by accusing the rapper of trying to attack the “success of the rap artist who defeated him.