Drake has updated his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group to include Kendrick Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at the Super Bowl halftime show, claiming it introduced the song to millions of new listeners and caused “even more people to be duped into believing that Drake was a pedophile.” The infamous diss track, which Drake’s legal team claims had its streams artificially inflated by bots, served as the climax to Lamar’s halftime show, which was viewed by a record-breaking 133 million people. During the performance, which was preceded by a quip about the lawsuit, Lamar looked straight into the camera while rapping, “Say Drake, I hear you like ‘em young,” but censored a line shortly afterward that alluded to the Canadian rapper being a “certified pedophile.” In the updated filing, Drake’s lawyer claims the self-censorship was because “nearly everyone understands that it is defamatory to falsely brand someone a ‘certified pedophile.’” UMG, which represents both Drake and Lamar, responded to the updated lawsuit with a lengthy statement in which it dismissed the suit as “baseless” and claimed Drake was “being misled by his legal representatives into taking one absurd legal step after another.” The label also offered Drake an ominous warning and told him to “be careful what you wish for” should the lawsuit proceed.
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