UPDATED, 2:50 PM: Looks like Drake winning his lawsuit over his longtime rival Kendrick Lamar ‘s smash “Not Like Us” wasn’t part of God’s plan.

A judge on Thursday dismissed the case in which the Canadian rapper was suing his label group and the world’s top music streamer over the 2024 diss track that topped charts around the world and won five Grammys including Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

Drake sued Universal Music Group and Spotify just before this year’s Grammy Awards, claiming that they conspired to “artificially” inflate the popularity of “Not Like Us.” UMG ‘s labels OVO Sound/Republic and Interscope release Drake and Lamar’s music, respectively.

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Jeannette Vargas ruled Thursday that Lamar’s song, wh

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