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    A$AP Rocky Calls Out Drake for UMG Lawsuit: ‘What Type of S—t Is That?’

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    A$AP Rocky Calls Out Drake for UMG Lawsuit: ‘What Type of S—t Is That?’

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    Met Gala Co-Chair A$AP Rocky attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City.

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    A$AP Rocky and Drake exchanged shots in the midst of the 6 God’s battle with Kendrick Lamar, while the OVO boss went on to file a defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group for the alleged artificial inflation of Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”

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    In his ELLE cover story published on Tuesday (Sept. 23), Rocky reflected on testing the waters during the Kenny-Drizzy feud, and ultimately, his decision to back off.

    “It was healthy for hip-hop,” he said of the back-and-forth. “The battle was between Kendrick and Drake, not Drake and everybody else who might have said something at that time, and that’s mainly why I fell back.”

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    However, Rocky isn’t supportive of the idea of Drake filing a lawsuit against his label regarding the impact of Kendrick’s “Not Like Us,” as the Harlem rapper doesn’t see any place for litigation as part of hip-hop battle culture.

    “I just hate the way it’s turning out with [Drake] suing and all that,” he added. “What part of the game is that? What type of s—t is that? That’s none of my business, I guess.”

    A$AP Rocky sniped at Drake on Metro Boomin and Future’s 2024 WE STILL DON’T TRUST YOU album cut “Show of Hands.” The 6 God returned the favor by making some time to jab at Rocky on his three-part “Family Matters” diss track, aiming mostly at Kendrick Lamar.

    At the top of 2025, Drake filed a defamation lawsuit against UMG, claiming his longtime label knew Lamar’s “inflammatory allegations” in the Billboard Hot 100-topping “Not Like Us” were false, but claims it chose “corporate greed over the safety and well-being of its artists.” In a statement shared with Billboard at the time, the label strongly denied the allegations: “We have not and do not engage in defamation — against any individual.”

    The lawsuit remains tied up in the courts. In August, Drake’s attorneys filed a claim that UMG withheld key evidence and his lawyers were looking to get their hands on potentially damning emails revolving around UMG CEO Lucian Grainge talking about the Grammy-winning “Not Like Us” and Kendrick Lamar’s deal with the label.

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