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.

Attorneys for UMG filed a motion to dismiss his lawsuit Monday (March 17) morning, calling Drake’s allegations “meritless” and stressing that public embarrassment is the real reason he chose to sue the conglomerate.