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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account NEW YORK — A federal judge is pondering the nature of rap battles and the cutting wordplay in Kendrick Lamar 's 'Not Like Us,' the megahit diss track that spurred a defamation lawsuit from his fellow superstar Drake. Drake sued Universal Music Group — both his and Lamar's record label — over 'Not Like Us,' saying the company published and promoted a song he deems slanderous. Universal says the lyrics are just hyperbole in the tradition of rap beefing, and the label is trying to get the case dismissed. Judge Jeannette Vargas didn't immediately decide after a lively hearing Monday, when the raw creativity of hip hop brushed up against the staid confines of federal court. 'Who is the ordinary listener? Is it someone who's going to catch all those references?' Vargas wondered aloud, addressing a legal standard that concerns how an average, reasonable person would understand a statement. 'There's so much specialized and nuanced to these lyrics.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Neither artist attended the hearing. Read More The case stems from an epic feud between two of hip hop's biggest stars over one of 2024 biggest songs — the one that won the record of the year and song of the year Grammy Awards, got the most Apple Music streams worldwide and helped make this winter's Super Bowl halftime show the most watched ever. 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'This song achieved a cultural ubiquity unlike any other rap song in history,' Drake lawyer Michael Gottlieb said. He argued that Universal had campaigned and contrived to make it 'a de facto national anthem' that didn't just address hip-hop fans who knew the backstory and were accustomed to over-the-top lyrical battling. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The average listener could be 'a 13-year-old who's dancing to the song at a bar mitzvah,' Gottlieb suggested. 'That would be a very interesting bar mitzvah,' the judge opined. (The song has indeed been played at some such celebrations.) RECOMMENDED VIDEO Universal, meanwhile, has emphasized that 'Not Like Us' was part of an exchange of barbs between Drake and Lamar. 'Context is key,' label lawyer Rollin Ransom argued Monday, at one point apologizing for having to use profanity while reciting some of the lyrics Drake aimed at Lamar in a track called 'Taylor Made Freestyle.' 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Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account The first day of deliberations saw a flurry of notes from the jury and Combs and his supporters bowing their heads in prayer in the courtroom — but no verdict. The jury of eight men and four women are sifting through seven weeks of sometimes graphic and emotional testimony about the rap, fashion and reality TV impresario's propensity for violence and his sexual predilections, including drug-fueled sex marathons dubbed 'freak-offs ' or 'hotel nights.' About an hour in, the foreperson reported that a juror might be having trouble following the 61 pages worth of instructions the judge had just read to them. 'We are concerned (the juror) cannot follow your honour's instructions,' the foreperson said in a note to Judge Arun Subramanian just after 12:30 p.m. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. After the judge originally proposed asking the jury foreperson the nature of concerns about the fellow juror, defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo suggested caution and that it was better to say less than more. 'We can always ratchet it up. We can't ratchet it down,' Agnifilo said. Read More Subramanian sent his response to the jury around 2 p.m., reminding the panel to deliberate and to follow his instructions on the law. The jury sent another note about three hours later asking for clarification on the part of the instructions addressing drug distribution — an allegation included in Combs' racketeering conspiracy charge. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As deliberations were happening, Combs prayed with his family and friends in the courtroom. Wearing his customary sweater and khakis, he stood facing his contingent in the audience and bowed his head with them. As they finished, they applauded, along with Combs. Combs also showed off two books he's reading: 'The Power of Positive Thinking,' by Norman Vincent Peale and 'The Happiness Advantage,' by Shawn Achor. As he sent the jury to deliberate, Subramanian told the five alternate jurors to remain on standby at home in case they're needed at a later point. Jurors were provided with a laptop loaded with all of the exhibits shown in court, including text messages, photographs and videos of the sexual encounters at the heart of the case. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking — relating to two of his ex-girlfriends — and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution for allegedly arranging to fly his girlfriends and sex workers across state lines. In closing arguments last week, federal prosecutors and Combs' defence team took their last shots at convincing jurors to convict or acquit the Grammy Award-winning founder of Bad Boy Records. 'The defendant used power, violence and fear to get what he wanted,' Assistant U.S. Attorney Christy Slavik said. 'He thought that his fame, wealth and power put him above the law.' RECOMMENDED VIDEO She said that he used his 'close inner circle and a small army of personal staff, who made it their mission to meet the defendant's every desire, promote his power and protect his reputation at all costs.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Defence lawyer Marc Agnifilo countered, 'This isn't about crime. It's about money.' He noted that one of Combs' accusers in the criminal case also sued him in civil court. 'He is not a racketeer. He is not a conspirator to commit racketeering. He is none of these things. He is innocent. He sits there innocent. Return him to his family, who have been waiting for him,' the lawyer told jurors. In all, 34 witnesses testified, headlined by Combs' former girlfriends Cassie — the R&B singer born Casandra Ventura — and 'Jane,' who testified under a pseudonym. Both women said he often was violent toward them. Cassie said he forced her into hundreds of sexual encounters with paid male sex workers while Jane recounted numerous 'hotel nights.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Jurors also saw now-infamous security camera video of Combs beating, kicking and dragging Cassie at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 and clips from videos of sexual encounters. Combs chose not to testify, and his lawyers didn't call any witnesses in their defence case. His attorneys elected instead to challenge the accusers' credibility during lengthy cross-examination questioning. 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