Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. So much changed for Kendrick Lamar when he released "Not Like Us." ...

What started off as a cleverly written diss track has blossomed into something much more. During the 2025 Grammys, Kendrick Lamar’s scathing Drake diss track “Not Like Us” swept all five of its ...

A federal judge dismissed Drake’s defamation-and-harassment lawsuit against his longtime label, Universal Music Group, over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” on October 9. Drake filed the ...

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 ...

Universal Music Group Chief Executive Lucian Grainge called Drake’s lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us” a “farcical” effort that’s “groundless and indeed ridiculous.” In a ...

Three months after a federal judge dismissed Drake's defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, the superstar rapper and his lawyers filed an opening appellate brief Wednesday that seeks to ...

If anyone needed further evidence that Kendrick Lamar eviscerated Drake in their feud, look no further than the response Lamar received while performing in Drake’s hometown of Toronto this week. He ...

Drake takes another L, but who is counting at this point? Kendrick Lamar’s career-ending diss track to the 6 God, “Not Like Us,” has hit another spike. With Drake’s defamation lawsuit being dismissed, ...

Two years after Kendrick Lamar’s defining diss track, Drake’s Iceman arrives in a rap world permanently altered by the song’s aftershocks Unlike the songs volleyed in Jay and Nas’ beef — which had the ...

Kendrick Lamar deleted and reuploaded ‘Not Like Us’ just four days before Drake releases ‘Iceman,’ and the internet has not stopped talking since. The move wiped 468 million views overnight and pulled ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit ...