In a declaration letter filed Thursday night in the Southern District of New York, Grainge said Drake's accusation that UMG (parent label firm to both Drake and Lamar) defamed him “makes no sense.”

CEO of Universal Music Group, Sir Lucian Grainge, spoke out on renowned rapper Drake’s lawsuit against the record label

The overwhelming popularity of “Not Like Us” (and his decisive rap battle loss) bothered Drake so much he filed a lawsuit about it. Not against Kendrick Lamar, who uttered the allegedly defamatory statements (“certified pedophile”),

In a declaration letter, UMG's CEO was particularly blunt in describing Drake's legal moves as "groundless and indeed ridiculous," and also revealed that the company had spent "hundreds of millions" supporting the Canadian rapper.

Drake’s legal team had sought to compel UMG to add Grainge as a document custodian in their ongoing discovery battle, claiming the company’s global CEO was personally involved in approving Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us, which forms the basis of Drake’s defamation case against UMG.