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.”

In new legal filings, the top executive has made his first public statements on the rapper's unprecedented lawsuit against his own label

Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge finally fired back at Drake's lawsuit against the company over Kendrick Lamar's diss track, calling it 'ridiculous.'

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,

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