Drake has withdrawn the petition he raised accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) of illegally boosting Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track “Not Like Us.” According to documents filed with the New York Supreme Court on Tuesday,

Drake has withdrawn a legal action accusing Universal Music Group and Spotify of artificially inflating Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us."

Drake will not continue legal action against Spotify and Universal Music Group following his public spat with Kendrick Lamar. The Canadian rapper sued the music streamer and the record label last year, accusing them of scheming with each other to uplift one of Lamar's songs over his.

Variety revealed that Drake and his Frozen Moments company withdrew one of two highly publicized legal petitions against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify. The filing, which took place in November 2024,

Drake has withdrawn his legal case against Universal Music Group and Spotify in New York Supreme Court. On Tuesday (Jan. 14), Drake's lawyers filed a motion to drop the case against the music giants, who he accused of colluding to artificially inflate Kendrick Lamar's diss song "Not Like Us" in a pre-action petition filed in November.

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.

As detailed in court docs filed in Manhattan on Tuesday, per the outlet, reps for the Toronto rapper's Frozen Moments, LLC said it had met with UMG and Spotify prior to making the

UMG, Drake's own label, having publicly denied his allegations but never filed an opposition, reserved its position. The company said after the initial filing of the petition that the rapper's accusations that bots had been used to boost streams of "Not Like Us" and that it had been licensed at a reduced rate were "offensive and untrue."

Drake has withdrawn his legal petition against Spotify and UMG after claiming they artificially inflated Kendrick Lamar's 'Not LIke Us.'

Back in November 2024, Drake shocked the hip-hop community after be filed a pre-action case against UMG and Spotify. Drake’s accusation of payola and colluding to “artificially inflate” the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “ Not Like Us ” was not taken lightly. Both UMG and Spotify released statement denying Drake’s claims.

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