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 court filing Monday, Universal Music Group stated that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated.”

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.