celeb news Spotify denies claims of inflating Kendrick streams, calls Drake speculative

[B-Luke]

 

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Spotify is firing back at Drake's accusations that the streamer helped Universal Music Group artificially boost Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," calling the allegations "false" and blasting the rapper's legal action as a "subversion of the normal judicial process."

 

The new filing is the first response to a petition filed last month in which Drake accused UMG and Spotify of an illegal "scheme" involving bots, payola and other methods to pump up Lamar's song — a track that savagely attacked Drake amid an ongoing feud between the two stars.

 

In a motion filed Friday in Manhattan court, the streaming giant says it has found zero evidence to support the claims of a bot attack, and flatly denies that it struck any deal with UMG to support Lamar's song.

"The predicate of Petitioner's entire request for discovery from Spotify is false," the company's lawyers write. "Spotify and UMG have never had any such arrangement."

 

Beyond denying the allegations, the filing repeatedly criticizes Drake for going to court in the first place — calling his claims of a conspiracy "far-fetched" and "speculative," and questioning why Spotify (a "stranger" to the "long-running fued" between Drake, Kendrick and UMG) is even involved.

 

Spotify also criticized Drake for the way in which he brought his claims to court — not as a full-fledged lawsuit, but as an unusual "pre-action" petition aimed at demanding information. The company accused Drake of using that "extraordinary" procedure because his allegations are too flimsy to pass muster in an actual lawsuit and would have been quickly dismissed.

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[Trent W]

After they started adding ghost artists to under pay the indie ones, I don't know what to believe anymore.

 

Spotify has come off as an extremely shady company this year

[Spicy Pisces]

Another L for the Passionfruit chanteuse

 

[Soda Pop Queen]

Of course they have to publicly deny it but everyone knows Spotify participates in different forms of payola and no male artist has benefited from this more than AUBREY DRAKE GRAHAM. We also know that Not Like Us was actually a big hit this year and not just here in America. BBL is only bitching and moaning about inflation, bot streams and autoplay now because his #1 opp has allegedly benefited from it. 

 

This is probably a warning shot from Spotify to Drake. Don't **** where you eat or they will pull your card idiot!

Edited 5 hours ago by Soda Pop Queen

[Dolce Vita]

the irony of bbl to talk about spotify inflating anything when he took over every spotify playlist a few years ago

[getBusy]

43 minutes ago, B-Luke said:

Spotify also criticized Drake for the way in which he brought his claims to court — not as a full-fledged lawsuit, but as an unusual "pre-action" petition aimed at demanding information. The company accused Drake of using that "extraordinary" procedure because his allegations are too flimsy to pass muster in an actual lawsuit and would have been quickly dismissed

Of course this coward cannot prove anything so he had to use this p*ssy-ass tactic 

[umich]

 the cherry on top will be Kendrick performing NLU at the Super Bowl  

[Fleahive]

Poor Drake just blacklisted himself from Spotify. He'll get the Beyoncé treatment. At least he's successful on Apple Music just like the queen. 

[Trash]

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calls Drake speculative

Call him the f slur, I'll allow it

 

[Janet]

Wasn't Drake the one with the exclusive Apple deal too?

[Seeyuh]

21 minutes ago, Fleahive said:

Poor Drake just blacklisted himself from Spotify. He'll get the Beyoncé treatment. At least he's successful on Apple Music just like the queen. 

not so fast.... "Drake has started a beef with Apple, claiming that Siri has been bribed to play Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us", even when you ask for "Certified Lover Boy."

[JBJT2786]

31 minutes ago, Seeyuh said:

not so fast.... "Drake has started a beef with Apple, claiming that Siri has been bribed to play Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us", even when you ask for "Certified Lover Boy."

I can't wait for Apple to drag him too

[Velvet Night]

Drake is really fighting a losing battle. 

The feud would have been forgotten by now, but he's reminding everyone that he's a sore loser and can't let this go.

Edited 4 hours ago by Velvet Night

[Pheromosa]

i cant believe the cash cow is snitching

[MattieB]

This is the same Drake that had Scorpion shoved down everyone's throats on Spotify no matter what we did on that app

[50thStateofMind]

the queen of payola being mad about alleged payola is.....  

[Green]