U niversal 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.”

CEO of Universal Music Group, Sir Lucian Grainge, spoke out on renowned rapper Drake’s lawsuit against the record label

The overwhelming popularity of “Not Like Us” (and his decisive rap battle loss) bothered Drake so much he filed a lawsuit about it. Not against Kendrick Lamar, who uttered the allegedly defamatory statements (“certified pedophile”),

Sir Lucian Grainge finds it absolutely RIDICULOUS that Drake says he was behind a scheme to hurt one of his biggest artists when the label released Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track ... the Universal Music Group CEO's says he's got way bigger responsibilities as head of the company,

A s the evidence collection process gets underway in Drake ’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over the Kendrick Lamar diss track “Not Like Us,” Drake’s legal team has included some high-profile names on a surprisingly long list of potential witnesses.

Drake’s legal team had sought to compel UMG to add Grainge as a document custodian in their ongoing discovery battle, claiming the company’s global CEO was personally involved in approving Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us, which forms the basis of Drake’s defamation case against UMG.

Drake and Universal Music Group have reached the discovery stage in the defamation lawsuit regarding Kendrick Lamar’s “ Not Like Us .” The 6 God’s legal team requested to see K. Dot’s record deal with the label, as well as copies of Lucian Grainge’s emails having to do with the smash hit diss song.