If you have not heard, Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud has formally entered the courts because the Canadian rapper not too long ago made filings in opposition to Spotify and Common Music Group, claiming they “artificially inflate[d]” streams for Kendrick’s “Not Like Us.”
In line with Selection, the petition claims UMG “engaged in conduct designed to artificially inflate the recognition of ‘Not Like Us’… together with by licensing the music at drastically decreased charges to Spotify and utilizing ‘bots’ to generate the misunderstanding that the music was extra standard than it was in actuality.”
In response to the allegations, a spokesperson for UMG advised Billboard, “The suggestion that UMG would do something to undermine any of its artists is offensive and unfaithful. We make use of the very best moral practices in our advertising and promotional campaigns. No quantity of contrived and absurd authorized arguments on this pre-action submission can masks the truth that followers select the music they wish to hear.
Then, Drake filed a second motion, accusing UMG of defamation for releasing a music “falsely accusing him of being a intercourse offender,” Billboard experiences, seemingly in response to Kendrick’s “Tryna ring a bell and it is in all probability A minor” double entendre.