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Drake Accuses UMG & Spotify of Inflating 'Not Like Us' | Billboard News
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Drake has filed legal action against UMG and Spotify over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” claiming the song’s numbers were inflated. Keep watching to see the full story.
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♪ I'm about to click out all this shit, I'm about to click ♪
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Drake is in his first-person shooter mood
00:05
as he files legal action against UMG and Spotify,
00:09
alleging that the two companies conspired
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to artificially inflate the popularity
00:13
of Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us track.
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♪ They not like us, they not like us, they not like us ♪
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This is the beef that keeps on beefing.
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After cooling down for a few months,
00:23
new tensions arise in the ongoing strife
00:26
between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
00:28
Mere days after Kendrick Lamar released his latest album,
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GNX, which takes a few shots at the Canadian rapper,
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the petty king himself turned things up a notch
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by filing on Monday in Manhattan court.
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Drake's attorneys accused UMG of violating
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the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act,
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the federal RICO statue often used in criminal cases
00:47
against organized crime.
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They also alleged deceptive business practices
00:52
and false advertising under New York state law.
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The legal action comes as a surprise
00:56
as UMG has distributed Drake's music for his entire career.
01:00
In a statement to Billboard,
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a UMG spokesperson sharply denied Drake's allegations.
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The suggestion that UMG would do anything
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to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue.
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We employ the highest ethical practices
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in our marketing and promotional campaigns.
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No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments
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in this pre-action submission can mask the fact
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that fans chose the music they want to hear.
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In their filings, Drake's lawyers write,
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UMG conspired and paid currently unknown parties
01:27
to use bots to artificially inflate the spread
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of Not Like Us and deceive customers
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into believing the song was more popular
01:34
than it was in reality.
01:36
From the looks of things, this beef isn't going anywhere.
01:38
They're locked in and so are we.
01:41
Billboard has reached out to reps for Spotify
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and Kendrick for comment.
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We'll keep you updated as this story develops
01:47
here on Billboard News.
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