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.

Universal Music Group is seeking dismissal of Drake’s suit against them—his label—and is not holding back on its opinion of

Universal Music Group said in a court filing that Drake “lost a rap battle that he provoked and in which he willingly participated” against Kendrick Lamar.