UMG’s motion expands on the conglomerate’s original defense after Drake filed the suit: that “Not Like Us” can’t be defamatory because Lamar’s lines accusing Drake of being a pedophile are not meant to be taken as fact.

Drake's longtime label Universal Music Group on Monday sought a dismissal of his defamation lawsuit over its promotion of Kendrick Lamar's Grammy-winning single "Not Like Us," the biggest hit of a barrage of diss tracks between the two rappers.

In a court filing Monday, Universal Music Group stated that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated.”