The second civil suit for defamation, filed against both iHeartMedia and UMG, accuses the companies of knowingly damaging Drake’s reputation. iHeartMedia, headquartered in San Antonio, is named as a co-defendant alongside UMG in this case.

In the new filing, Drake’s attorneys (by way of Frozen Moments, LLC) claim UMG “could have refused to release or distribute the song or required the offending material to be edited and/or removed. But UMG chose to do the opposite.

This follows Drake’s petition accusing UMG and Spotify of being in cahoots against him in the “artificial inflation” of “Not Like Us” streaming numbers, accusations the label has since denied in a statement.

Drake has continued his courtroom fight against Universal Music Group, filing more legal documents related to the release of Kendrick Lamar’s smash hit “Not Like Us.” In a pre-lawsuit filing late Monday night,

Drake has filed a second legal action against Universal Music Group (UMG) over Kendrick Lamar's diss track 'Not Like Us'.

Claiming that the label could have stopped the release of a track “falsely accusing him of being a sex offender.”

In the latest filing, the Toronto rap star accuses the former Top Dawg Entertainment MC of defamation for “falsely accusing him of being a sex offender.”

According to Drake, “cease and desist is for h**s.” However, the Canadian rapper seemed not to heed his own advice. Kendrick and Drake’s battle of the blog era kings seemingly ended after Kendrick’s video for “Not Like Us” was released on the Fourth of July.

Drake has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), claiming defamation and arguing that the music giant could have halted Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” which accused Drake of being a pedophile.

Drake has filed a second legal action against Universal Music Group, accusing the company of defamation and illegally promoting Kendrick Lamar’s song "Not Like Us" through a "pay-to-play scheme" with iHeartRadio.