Drake orginally claimed Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us song streams were artificially inflated.© Getty Not Like Us song has gained over 963,000,000 Spotify views.© Getty ...

Drake alleges Universal falsely inflated popularity of Kendrick Lamar's ‘Not Like Us' The diss track has gotten more than 900 million plays, according to figures listed on Spotify.

As noted in Drake’s petition, “Not Like Us” achieved huge success upon its release. It broke several records on Spotify and marked Lamar’s fourth No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100.

The top music streamer responded to Drake’s claim that the company inflated the streams of Lamar’s diss song aimed at him on Friday in a new filing, saying: “UMG and Spotify have never had ...

Drake alleged in a court filing Monday that Universal Music Group conspired to “artificially inflate” Lamar’s summer hit “Not Like Us” on Spotify by using bots, payola and other tactics.

Drake made waves in Nov. 2024 when he first accused UMG — which distributes both his and Lamar’s music — of using bots and payola to juice the numbers for “Not Like Us,” a track that ...

Even nearly two decades in and after all of the accolades, it feels like another pivotal point in Drake's career once again with his first solo LP on the horizon since clashing with Lamar in 2024.

Drake accuses Universal Music Group of paying Spotify, Apple to make Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' go viral The "Certified Lover Boy" rapper filed a petition claiming UMG launched a campaign to ...