Drake's defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's diss track Not Like Us has been dismissed by a federal judge.

Judge Jeannette A Vargas said Lamar's lyrics accusing Drake of being a paedophile were not defamatory because they were "nonactionable opinion".

The Canadian rapper had sued Universal Music Group (UMG) - which releases both artists' music - and Lamar was not named in the lawsuit.

In a written opinion published on Thursday, the judge described "the vitriolic war of words" that erupted in spring 2024 as "perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre's history".

The feud led to nine tracks back and forth between the two hip-hop stars, with the insults escalating as the tracks progressed, becoming "vicious, personal".

Other insults included shoe size, fashion sense an

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