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Thelong - standing feudbetween doorknocker Drake and Kendrick Lamar is heating up .
Drake — via a business entity called Frozen Moments LLC — file a petitionyesterday in a New York Supreme Court criminate distributor Universal Music Group ( UMG ) of by artificial means inflating the popularity of “ Not Like Us , ” Lamar ’s recently released “ diss ” raceway directed at Drake .
The request alleges that UMG “ conspired with and pay currently unknown parties to use ‘ bots ’ to artificially inflate the spread head of ‘ Not Like Us ’ and lead astray consumer into believing the Sung dynasty was more popular than it was in world . ” The ill also alleges that UMG charge Spotify rates 30 % lower than common in exchange for Spotify “ affirmatively recommending ” the song to users . UMG allegedly enlist in “ payola ” salary - to - fiddle agreements with radio set station — a practice that is illegal in the U.S.
In astatement issued to Billboard , UMG called the allegations “ offensive and untrue . ”
In terms of quick remedies , the petition quest an club granting “ pre - action ” disclosure of sure information , while demand that “ relevant grounds ” be preserve , before of a potential case .
