Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge called Drake’s defamation lawsuit against the record label “farcical” in a letter to the court, refuting the rapper’s allegations that Grainge was personally behind the release and promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

Drake alleges UMG played a central role in boosting the chart-topping Interscope Records single, which labeled him a “certified pedophile” during his public feud with Lamar. Interscope, Lamar’s label, operates under UMG, as does Drake’s own label, Republic Records.

Drake 's attorneys have finally served an elusive key witness who is accused of using botting tactics to fraudulently inflate numbers on Kendrick Lamar 's "Not Like Us."