New York-based US District Court judge Jeannette A. Vargas has thrown out a defamation suit filed by rapper Drake against music label Universal Music Group over the release and promotion of his rival Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning track “Not Like Us,” reported the Associated Press .

The song, which was the last in a series of diss tracks exchanged between Drake and Lamar last year, had lyrics that implied Drake was a pedophile, notably in the line “I hear you like ’em young.” Drake said in the suit that the song’s lyrics made false and defamatory accusations about him, sullying his reputation and lowering his brand’s value.

Vargas ruled that listeners typically do not consider diss tracks to be “the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factch

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