When Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar begins his world tour in Minnesota on Saturday, it’s safe to assume that he'll perform tracks loaded with layered meaning and pointed diss tracks (probably aimed at rival Drake) as he continues to lay out his worldview through music.

A spokesperson for Universal Music Group tells TMZ ... "Drake, unquestionably one of the world's most accomplished artists and with whom we’ve enjoyed at 16-year successful relationship, is being misled by his legal representatives into taking one absurd legal step after another.

Drake expanded his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, saying more people were duped into believing he was a paedophile after rapper Kendrick Lamar performed ‘Not Like Us’ during the Super Bowl halftime show and the Grammy Awards.