Drake’s legal fight over one of the most explosive rap beefs in recent memory just hit a dead end. On October 9, 2025, a U.S. federal judge dismissed the Toronto rapper’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, ruling that Kendrick Lamar’s fiery diss record “Not Like Us” was protected artistic expression — not a defamatory attack. The court determined that the track’s blistering lyrics, which accused Drake of various wrongdoings and fueled a months-long cultural firestorm, fell squarel