Today we’re checking in on the state of the music world, pegged to two developments. The first: Drake sued Universal Music Group NV on Wednesday over alleged defamation stemming from Kendrick Lamar’s song Not Like Us. The suit contains some revealing details both about how the major label record system operates openly and behind the scenes.

Universal Music has posted a fiery response to Drake's lawsuit against it around Kendrick Lamar's brutal diss track, 'Not Like Us.'

A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track