Drake became the object of scorn and ridicule when he filed legal petitions against Universal Music Group and Spotify after losing to Kendrick Lamar

The scuffle between rap icons Drake and Kendrick Lamar has taken another turn after the former dropped the case against Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) over Lamar’s highly controversial single,

Spotify and Universal Music Group have struck a new multi-year agreement focused on driving subscriber growth and advancing music monetization.

Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal “scheme” to boost numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us.” In a New York filing on Tuesday reviewed ...

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud from last year went from songs and videos to Super Bowl bookings and pre-action petitions. The 38-year-old rapper recently dropped his legal action against Spotify and Universal Music Group that accused them of artificially inflating the popularity of the Compton rapper’s hit diss track “ Not Like Us .”

Drake is suing his record label for spreading a “false and malicious narrative” when it released and promoted Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

The lawsuit states that on May 4, 2024, the day “Not Like Us” came out, “UMG approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track that falsely accuses Drake of being a pedophile and calls for violent retribution against him.”

However, Drake seems to have backed down on claims that UMG and Spotify conspired to falsely boost the song’s streaming numbers; those allegations were strenuously denied by both companies. Ironically, Universal distributes both Lamar’s and Drake’s ...

Read the full story here: Our earlier story: Drake has dropped his legal action accusing Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify of artificially inflating the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss ...

The withdrawal notice, filed on Tuesday (January 14) via Drake’s company Frozen Moments LLC, discontinues all legal proceedings without financial penalties for any parties involved. Drake’s legal team disclosed in the court filing that both sides met on Tuesday regarding the filing,

By Nicole Fell Kendrick Lamar’s diss track turned chart-topping hit “Not Like Us” has hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. The critically acclaimed song, released amid an ongoing feud with ...