Spotify Challenges Drake's Legal Filing Over 'Not Like Us'

Spotify is difficult Drake’s authorized submitting that claims they colluded with UMG to artificially inflate Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”

Spotify Information Movement to Dismiss Drake Authorized Submitting

On Friday (Dec. 20), attorneys for Spotify filed a response to Drake’s pre-action petition. Within the submitting, the authorized group calls Drake’s claims false.

“The predicate of Petitioner’s complete request for discovery from Spotify is fake: there isn’t any such settlement. In any occasion, nonetheless, the Petition is legally poor and must be denied,” the attorneys wrote.

“Petitioner provides solely info–and–perception hypothesis somewhat than properly–pled details,” the submitting continues. “And the Petition doesn’t exhibit how these speculative allegations make out the weather of the civil RICO, misleading enterprise practices, and false promoting claims Petitioner seeks to claim.”

A spokesperson for Spotify has additionally provided the next assertion to XXL:

“Spotify has no financial incentive for customers to stream ‘Not Like Us’ over any of Drake’s tracks. Solely one in every of Spotify for Artists’ instruments, Marquee, was bought on behalf of the music, for €500 to advertise the observe in France. Marquee is a visible advert that’s disclosed to customers as a Sponsored Suggestion.”

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Did Drake’s Authorized Motion Backfire on Him?

Again on Nov. 25, Drake filed two pre-action petitions towards UMG in New York and Texas Supreme Courtroom. The New York submitting claims UMG and Spotify used bots and payola to spice up the numbers of Ok-Dot’s chart-topping Drake diss music. In doing so, Drake claims the businesses violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the NY Misleading Enterprise Act and the NY False Promoting Act.

The Texas submitting accuses UMG and iHeartRadio of the same scheme along with defamation claims. The transfer has led to Drake being chastised by some followers on social media who presume the submitting was made as a result of Drake was salty over being bested within the rap battle with Kendrick.

Each of the instances shall be heard in court docket in January.