Drake Cites Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Performance in Amended Complaint

Logo textDrake has filed an amended complaint in his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, alleging that Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime show in February “assassinated” his character, and that the performance and the Grammy wins for “Not Like Us” “introduced new listeners to the Recording, causing even more people to be duped into believing that Drake was a pedophile.”In the amended complaint, filed Wednesday night and reviewed by The Hollywood Reporter, Drake alleged that the Super Bowl performance — and Lamar omitting the word “pedophile” during “Not Like Us” — affirmed his claim that the song’s lyrics were defamatory. (While Lamar didn’t say the word pedophile, he did still perform similarly suggestive lyrics, like the line stating that “I hear you like ‘em young.”)Related StoriesNewsJordan Firstman Is Sharing All Your 'Secrets'NewsJoel Katz, Longtime Music Industry Attorney, Dies at 80“No other modifications were made,” Drake’s suit said. “On information and belief...