Canadian rap darling Drake dropped his legal claim against Spotify that accused the music streaming service of scheming with his own record label to artificially boost Kendrick Lamar’s record-breaking diss track “Not Like Us.” On Wednesday, however, he launched a new suit against the label, which represents both Drake and Lamar. (The Logic, The Verge)

Talking point: In his latest court filing Drake stands by claims that Universal Music Group illegally and artificially juiced streaming numbers for Lamar’s song, which he says contain defamatory lyrics. The song, which was released during a weeks-long rap battle and topped Billboard and Spotify’s charts with more than 70 million streams, accuses Drake of pedophilia and cultural appropriation. Drake, who decidedly lost the rap battle, alleges UMG “chose corporate greed” and conspired to inflate the song’s popularity to devalue his music and brand as part of a bid to force the rapper to sign a new contract on more favourable terms. As Lamar’s label, Drake is alleging UMG also benefited from the streaming profits. UMG did not respond to a request for comment.