Overview
- Drake filed his final appellate brief Saturday, asking the Second Circuit to overturn the dismissal of his suit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
- He argues the track accuses him of being a criminal pedophile, which he says crosses from exaggeration into a false statement of fact.
- After a judge tossed the case in 2025 as nonactionable opinion in a rap feud, Drake says that view ignores how broad audiences heard the song.
- He contends UMG’s cover art, video, and marketing packaged a narrative that listeners could take as factual and that this rollout harmed his reputation.
- The appeal now awaits oral arguments before an appellate panel, and the court has not set a date.