Issues between The Boy and King Push's camps began long before Drake even stepped into the rap game. A lot of their beef can be traced back to the early days of Cash Money Records, which was founded by brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Birdman" Williams,

Universal Music Group is requesting to dismiss Drake’s federal defamation lawsuit against the label over Kendrick Lamar’s blockbuster song “Not Like Us,” saying in a legal filing that the rapper’s lawsuit is a “misguided attempt to salve his wounds” after he “lost a rap battle that he provoked.

In a court filing Monday, Universal Music Group stated that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated.”