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 is now pushing for complete access to Kendrick Lamar’s recording contract. The request draws attention to the specifics of Lamar’s business dealings with the label. Drake asks for Kendrick Lamar’s contract in recent lawsuit Drake’s ongoing legal battle with Universal Music Group (UMG) over Kendrick

Drake, music mogul who has been embroiled in a heated legal war with Kendrick Lamar over his hit track They Not Like Us, filed a major lawsuit targeting top executives at Universal Music Group

The Hollywood Reporter states that Drizzy is attempting to persuade the court to force the record label and its chairman and CEO, Lucian Grainge, to hand over Dot’s contract. He’s also asking for any details and communications from Grainge regarding “allegations of domestic violence and other crimes” supposedly committed by the pgLang head.

In a declaration letter, UMG's CEO was particularly blunt in describing Drake's legal moves as "groundless and indeed ridiculous," and also revealed that the company had spent "hundreds of millions" supporting the Canadian rapper.

In a declaration letter filed Thursday night in the Southern District of New York, Grainge said that Drake's accusation that UMG (the parent label firm to both Drake and Lamar) defamed him and damaged his career “makes no sense due to the fact that the company that I run,

In a declaration letter filed late Thursday night with the Southern District of New York and obtained by Variety, Lucian Grainge, chairman and CEO of Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company,

Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge criticised Drake's lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's diss track, arguing his claims are “farcical.”