In court documents, Drake claimed that Universal knew that Lamar's lyrics were false but "continued to fan the flames" of the controversy for profit. He claimed the label launched "a campaign to create a viral hit" out of the song, and suggested that a shooting at his Toronto mansion last May was directly linked to those actions.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud from last year went from songs and videos to Super Bowl bookings and pre-action petitions. The 38-year-old rapper recently dropped his legal action against Spotify and Universal Music Group that accused them of artificially inflating the popularity of the Compton rapper’s hit diss track “ Not Like Us .”