Judge rejects Drake’s defamation lawsuit amid spat with Kendrick Lamar

Drake (Ian West/PA)

A federal judge has tossed out a defamation lawsuit Drake brought against Universal Music Group, labelling the alleged libellous words as opinion.

Judge Jeannette A Vargas rejected the suit in a written opinion that began by citing “the vitriolic war of words” and saying the case arose “from perhaps the most infamous rap battle in the genre’s history”.