Two very different artists— Lola Young , a rising British soul singer, and Drake , one of rap’s biggest global exports— have both launched their own courtroom dramas that expose the same fault line: who controls the narrative when art, authorship, and image collide?

Young’s journey to the courtroom began only just last week, filing a lawsuit in London against the producer of her breakout hit “Messy,” Carter Lang , over songwriting credits. Meanwhile, Drake’s messy high-profile beef with Kendrick Lamar and subsequently his own record label , is reaching its conclusion with the news that a federal judge has dismissed his defamation case.

Drake has been locked in a long-running feud with Lamar for years , with the pair issuing in that time several high-profile diss tracks ag

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