UMG chief Lucian Grainge calls Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ lawsuit ‘ridiculous’ Lucian Grainge is the chief executive of Universal Music Group.

UMG CEO Lucian Grainge responded to Drake’s demand to read his emails amid the ongoing lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar diss track “Not Like Us.

UMG Responds To Drake's Defamation Claims Drake's legal team argued that UMG knowingly published and profited from false claims, holding the label responsible for the song's impact.

UMG Says the Lyrics Are Protected Free Speech UMG’s response hinges on First Amendment rights, arguing that Lamar’s lyrics are protected speech — even if they sound extreme. The label ...

Specifically, the complaint details that UMG facilitated the broadcasting of defamatory material to over 133 million viewers during the 2025 Super Bowl and over 15 million viewers during the ...

UMG’s need to reel Kendrick in, the suit implies, is what led the company to go so hard in promoting “Not Like Us”—to the point, Drake alleges, of using bots and payola.

UMG also claimed that “diss tracks throughout rap history” are known for “a series of hyperbolic insults,” and that the art form would be “chilled if Drake’s suit were permitted to ...

While UMG has argued that artists deserve more compensation for their music being on TikTok, others have called the record label “greedy” and claimed that the promotional value of the social ...

UMG took the next step toward a U.S. stock listing with a new SEC filing that puts it on track to list certain Pershing shares on a U.S. exchange.

UMG has repeatedly stated that it sees potential in AI to assist artists in the song-making process, but that the music business’s stakeholders should draw a hard line at practices that infringe ...

UMG has submitted a bid to dismiss a class action and stave off mass termination from older recording artists. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Universal Music Group has a ticking time ...

UMG Recordings Inc, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, No. 1:23-cv-00015. For Black Sheep: Steven Wittels and Burkett McInturff of Wittels McInturff Palikovic ...