{"id":47446,"date":"2025-09-24T18:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/aap-rocky-slams-drakes-umg-lawsuit-over-kendrick-lamars-not-like-us\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T18:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:59:53","slug":"aap-rocky-slams-drakes-umg-lawsuit-over-kendrick-lamars-not-like-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/24\/aap-rocky-slams-drakes-umg-lawsuit-over-kendrick-lamars-not-like-us\/","title":{"rendered":"A$AP Rocky Slams Drake&#8217;s UMG Lawsuit Over Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s &#8220;Not Like Us&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/asap-rocky\/\" target=\"_blank\">A$AP Rocky<\/a> is not a fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/drake\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a> taking his beef with <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/kendrick-lamar\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> to the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/celebrities\/a66047766\/asap-rocky-interview-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>ELLE<\/em> magazine<\/a>, the Harlem rapper hit out at his former \u201cFuckin\u2019 Problems\u201d collaborator for <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/drake-allowed-access-to-redacted-version-of-kendrick-lamars-recording-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\">suing Universal Music Group<\/a> over Kendrick\u2019s hit diss song \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe battle was between Kendrick and Drake, not Drake and everybody else who might have said something at that time, and that\u2019s mainly why I fell back,\u201d said Rocky, who himself became entangled in the battle when he threw shots at Drake on <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/future\" target=\"_blank\">Future<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/metro-boomin\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Boomin<\/a>\u2018s \u201cShow of Hands,\u201d before he caught some return fire on Drizzy\u2019s \u201cFamily Matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just hate the way it\u2019s turning out with [Drake] suing and all that. What part of the game is that? What type of shit is that? That\u2019s none of my business, I guess,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO8aligDRkO\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Drake filed his bombshell lawsuit back in January, accusing UMG \u2014 the parent company of both his and Kendrick\u2019s longtime labels, Republic and Interscope \u2014 of defamation and harassment.<\/p>\n<p>While the legal dispute has yet to go to trial, Drake has faced plenty of backlash from within the hip-hop community, with the likes of <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/pusha-t-mocks-drake-umg-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pusha T<\/a>, <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/joe-budden-drake-umg-lawsuit-ruin-hip-hop\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Budden<\/a> and even <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/kendrick-lamar-super-bowl-halftime-show-drake-disses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick himself<\/a> proverbially shaking their heads.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, A$AP Rocky also discussed the lengthy delay behind his upcoming album <em><a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/asap-rocky-dont-be-dumb-everything-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">Don\u2019t Be Dumb<\/a><\/em> in his <em>ELLE<\/em> cover story, chalking it down to his hectic personal life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to primarily blame it on my case, but life was lifeing,\u201d he said, referring to the <a class=\"underline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/asap-rocky-verdict-shooting-trial-asap-relli\/\" target=\"_blank\">felony assault case<\/a> brought forward by A$AP Relli that he beat at trial earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[<a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/artist\/asap-rocky\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rihanna<\/a> and I] don\u2019t plan on having children, but when it happens, you gotta adjust and move with it. I gotta be present for my family, because that\u2019s first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t plan on having children, but when it happens, you gotta adjust and move with it. I gotta be present for my family, because that\u2019s first.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopdx.com\/news\/asap-rocky-slams-drake-lawsuit\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A$AP Rocky is not a fan of Drake taking his beef with Kendrick Lamar to the courtroom. 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