Universal Music Group said in a court filing that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated” against Kendrick Lamar.

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 motion filed on Monday, March 17, Universal Music Group fired back at the Canadian rapper calling his allegations “meritless”Universal Music Group is firing back at Drake after he filed a lawsuit against them for alleged defamation.