Kanye West is throwing his full support behind Drake’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), calling it “the biggest victory in music history” while urging Hip-Hop artists to stop targeting each other and focus on the industry’s power players.

In a video posted to Twitter, West praised Drake’s legal battle against UMG and its chairman Lucian Grainge, declaring, “I have to show Drake love for going at the machine.” Drake’s updated lawsuit, filed April 16, accuses UMG of orchestrating Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime performance of “Not Like Us” as a public smear campaign. 

The complaint claims the label used the 133.5 million-viewer platform to “assassinate [Drake’s] character” and further amplified the track’s impact by promoting it during the 2025 Grammy Awards, where it won Song and Record of the Year. Drake’s lawsuit accuses UMG of leveraging its financial and industry clout to boost Lamar’s diss track and damage his reputation. The filing also points to Grainge’s on-camera celebration with Dr. Dre during the Grammys broadcast as further evidence of the label’s involvement. UMG responded by calling the claims “frivolous” and warned Drake that the lawsuit could backfire. “Be careful what you wish for,” the company said.