If only someone had told him this might not be a good idea, given the nature of the situation. A federal judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, ruling that Kendrick Lamar ’s lyrics in “Not Like Us” were opinion , not fact, APNews reports. The decision ends months of legal tension between Drake and UMG, following one of the most intense rap feuds in recent history. Expand Tweet

Judge Jeannette A. Vargas issued the ruling Thursday, describing the song’s accusations as “nonactionable opinion” and calling the case a product of “perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre’s history.”

Court Sides with Artistic Expression

Drake filed the lawsuit in January, claiming that UMG promoted “Not Like Us” despite what he called false claims of pedoph

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