But when Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track went viral and topped music charts globally, Drake reacted by alleging Spotify and UMG came up with an illegal scheme to boost the song.

The rapper previously accused UMG and Spotify of working together to artificially boost Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us"

Drake has filed to withdraw a pre-trial petition against Universal Music Group and Spotify in Manhattan, sparking reactions on X.

Drake filed a shocking legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify, accusing both companies of using a “scheme” involving bots and payola, all set up to boost the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s hugely successful Drake diss “Not Like Us.

Drake has withdrawn his LEGAL petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing them of using payola and bots to boost numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” The case is now over.

The star filed legal actions against his record label and the streamer alleging that they made us listen to “Not Like Us” more than we would.

The notice also notes that Drake’s representatives “met and conferred” with the respondents to the legal action in January. Spotify, which filed an opposition to the petition, responded that it had no objection to the withdrawal. Meanwhile, UMG, which had not filed an opposition to the petition, “reserved its position.”

Drake is calling off the legal dogs in pursuit of legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify over allegedly amplifying Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” streams.

The rapper previously accused companies of working together to artificially boost popularity of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us"

Drake has scrapped a legal case against Universal Music and Spotify, in which he accused the companies of conspiring to boost the streams of Kendrick Lamar's diss track against him, Not Like Us. The Canadian star took action last November,