Drake may not be on trial, but his name is front and center in a new class action lawsuit that puts Spotify’s credibility on blast. Filed by rapper RBX, a relative of Snoop Dogg, the suit accuses the streaming giant of turning “a blind eye” to fake streams that reportedly boosted Drake’s already massive global numbers.
RBX’s complaint, filed in California federal court, claims Spotify allowed billions of artificial plays between 2022 and 2025. A “substantial percentage” of Drake’s estimated 37 billion streams allegedly came from bots and VPN-masked accounts. One example pointed out in the suit involves 250,000 plays of his track “No Face” over four days in 2024, which appeared to come from Turkey but were routed through the U.K.
While Drake isn’t being sued or accused of direct misconduct, the lawsuit argues that Spotify’s streamshare model unfairly enriched major artists like him at the expense of smaller, independent acts.
“Artificially high play counts for one artist,” the filing explains, “reduce payments to others.”
The plaintiffs are asking for over $5 million in damages, along with class certification for artists they say lost out due to the platform’s negligence.
Neither Drake nor Spotify has responded publicly to the lawsuit. However, Drake made similar accusations against UMG and Spotify in his own now-dropped suit, claiming the streaming platform and label conspired to artificially boost Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.”
