On the 107-page bombshell filed on April 16, 2025, Aubrey “Drake” Graham escalated his legal war with Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing Kendrick Lamar Lamar of the virus of “Unlike Us” successful, accusing malicious slander and betrayal.
Here are the key points:
Violent consequences: After a few days of “not like us”, Drake claimed his Toronto home was targeted for driving shooting, and then made several break-in attempts. He linked the attack directly to the role of UMG in promoting Diss.
False allegations: The lawsuit states that the track mistakenly portrays Drake as a pedophile, quotes lyrics, music video symbolism and song cover art, and tags his home with the idol of a sex offender.
UMG’s so-called motivation: Drake accused UMG of supporting Kendrick’s Diss for profit and leverage. With his contract coming to an expiration, Kendrick signed a new signing, the lawsuit suggests UMG is trying to depreciate Drake while promoting Kendrick.
Super Bowl Show: Complaints exploded in the 2025 Super Bowl Half Show, calling it “the first half show to plot the assassination of another artist character.”
Online campaigns and “whitelists”: UMG allegedly removed copyright restrictions to allow widespread reposts on YouTube, Tiktok and Twitch, thus fueling the virality of the track. The tag has also been accused of secretly paying influencers and platforms to promote Diss.
No UMG’s help: Despite the threat and rebound, Drake claimed UMG dismissed his concerns and warned that prosecuting them would backfire.
Hakeem Prime enters chat with “Meet The Duckworths” Diss track
When Kendrick Lamar’s “Don’t Like Us” “Don’t Like Us” continues to spread throughout cultural and legal headlines in Drake’s explosive UMG lawsuit, rising rapper Hakeem Prime entered the chat, which dropped a second harsh Diss titled “Meet the DuckWorths” – a deeply personal open letter that would be peculiar to the Kended the Kendrick the kendrick, his ascension and his mind and symbol.
Hakeem Prime has entered the battlefield, without a single surgical track targeting Lamar: “Ctrl+C” and the newly released “Meet The Duckworths”.
CTRL+C is a teardown of Kendrick’s image and artistic techno-ton, hitting a deeper blow with Duckworths, positioning himself as a letter (or warning), sending a warning to Kendrick, his mother Paula and even Drake’s son Adonis.
Key topics from “Meet the Duck”:
Message to Kendrick: Prime paints a photo of young Kendrick, embellished by the industry, to commodify pain, warning him of the pitfalls of exploitation, pretending praise and fame. “They will call you conscious, but they will sell your grief,” Prime Raps criticized the industry and Kendrick’s own choices.
Paula’s Chapter: The second verse tells directly about Kendrick’s mother Paula, suggesting that her strong love and silence shapes Kendrick’s pain and artistry. The main question is whether she ever returned to the healing that Kendrick offers in music, especially after he publicly acknowledged his trauma and faith.
Adonis’ quote: On a surprise turn, the main transformation talks to Drake’s son Adonis, advises him to avoid the trap set by the broken man who pretends to be the leader – skillfully making himself a person who transcends past mistakes and now seeing a bigger picture.
Boise’s Bar: With an Idaho lyrical backdrop, Prime bents his growth – from his credit score to a yacht party – Diss has a personal foundation amid the chaos of high-stakes rap hatred.
“Meet Duckworths”: A letter, a lesson, whip
In his second product, Prime trades fist into poetry. “Meet the Duckworths Man” unfolds like an open letter – first with Kendrick, then with his mother, and finally with Drake’s son. It is introspective, ruthless, and has generational comments.
To Kendrick
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He positioned himself as a former admirer and was also a prophet warning to exploitation:
“Don’t let their pain just show that they like it.”
“They will call you conscious, but they will sell your grief on the stream/turn your trauma to the stream and they eat like thieves.”
Mainly challenge Kendrick’s identity and evolution:
“You will hear a lot of ‘King King Kendrick’s voices, they will flood you with a flood of praise, but remember–the Paders will flip when the trend starts to fade away.”
To Paula (Kendrick’s mother)
The second verse goes deeper, making Kendrick’s growth a mirror of accountability:
“You gave him melody, but never taught him under chorus/no guidance, just strength…and belt silence.”
“He healed you in morale and put everything on the track / But I wondered, Paula-have you ever given that love?”
It is primitive and reflective, even citing what is called family trauma:
“You’re a black mom, and there’s no doubt that the world is cold / but I’ll tell you’ the boy I know – his name is Carmelo Anthony.”
To Adonis (Drake’s son)
: The last verse is not an attack, but a generation memorandum:
“Dear Adonis, don’t believe these broken Nas, they are really dishonest. I promise.”*
“They did it to win their relatives, but it was a sin that they didn’t know.”
Prime numbers transfer to life – an unreasonable model that uses your own growth to inspire:
Listen here:
“CTRL+C”: Targeting brands, not men
The first track Ctrl+C: Kendrick Lamar Diss is keen, direct, and criticizes the main views of cultural imitation, industrial shielding and influence choreography. He raps:
“Ctrl+C, boy, you copied the bay/they thought it was yours, but you borrower.”
Prime accuses Kendrick of repackaging regional styles and hiding behind industry machinery:
“Robot farms put your safety/industry in trouble.”
He challenged Lamar’s Pulitzer with a surgical cold:
“For a pity, they’re on googly’s eyes/a Pulitzer Prize because of Pac & Biggie, it’s your turn.”
The track ends with a microphone flow for Kendrick’s Super Bowl show:
“Super Bowl Ctrl+Alt+Del/It’s time to erase it now.”
Listen here:
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Together, these tracks constitute personal and political statements. When Ctrl+C summons Kendrick to lead the art, Duckworths encounters the pain of commodification, the weight of legacy, and the cost of depriving it of the vulnerability of systematic narratives.
With Drake sending UMG to court for allegedly taking advantage of the profits and cultural scenes of “not like us”, Prime’s record is less like side beef, but more like a commentary about black people, glory and the cost of brand.
As Prime says:
“This is a mirror, and stillness is not/real letter to the dream you are going to build.”
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