Drake Withdraws Accusation That Umg And Spotify Illegally Boosted Kendrick Lamar’s Diss Track

Drake has withdrawn nan petition he raised accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) of illegally boosting Kendrick Lamar‘s diss measurement “Not Like Us.” According to documents revenge pinch nan New York Supreme Court connected Tuesday, nan pre-action suit is being discontinued pinch nary financial costs to immoderate of nan parties involved.

The petition, aliases “pre-action case,” isn’t a afloat suit — it refers to a style of litigation that seeks accusation from each connection and allows clip for issues to beryllium resolved earlier disputes are escalated to court.

The ineligible petition revenge by Drake (real name: Aubrey Graham) successful November alleged that Spotify and UMG — nan genitor mentation that represents immoderate him and Lamar — utilized “bots,” discounted licensing rates, and pay-to-play agreements to artificially inflate nan streaming numbers for Lamar’s song. The diss track, aimed astatine Drake, became a viral deed pursuing a feud betwixt nan 2 artists past twelvemonth that attracted important attention.

A 2nd ineligible petition was too revenge by Drake successful November that accused UMG of funneling payments to iHeartRadio to beforehand Lamar’s diss track. Drake’s lawyers said that nan song, which describes Drake arsenic a “certified pedophile,” a “predator,” and personification who should “be registered and placed connected vicinity watch,” was defamatory, claiming that nan harm to Drake’s estimation should personification prevented UMG from releasing it.

While nan first pre-action suit against Spotify and UMG is now resolved, nan 2nd petition against UMG and iHeartRadio is still active. Spotify had antecedently revenge an guidance against nan first petition and hasn’t objected to Drake withdrawing nan pre-action case. UMG — which hadn’t revenge an guidance — has “reserved its position.”