Rapper RBX sues Spotify, accuses Drake of benefiting from fraudulent music streams

Los Angeles Times

6 hours ago

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Rapper RBX has filed a lawsuit against Spotify, alleging that the streaming service allows for the artificial inflation of music streams, which he claims unfairly impacts the revenue of other rights holders, including himself. The lawsuit, seeking class-action status, asserts that Spotify's payment model, which distributes royalties based on a percentage of total streams, is compromised when certain artists' streams are artificially boosted by bots. RBX, whose real name is Eric Dwayne Collins, points to specific instances, such as a period in 2024 where Drake's song "No Face" allegedly saw at least 250,000 streams originating from Turkey but falsely geo-mapped to the United Kingdom to conceal their origin. The rapper argues that Spotify knew or should have known about these fraudulent activities and that its measures to combat them are insufficient. Spotify has sta... download the app to read more

ted that it does not benefit from artificial streaming and invests heavily in systems to combat it, including removing fake streams, withholding royalties, and imposing penalties. The company also noted its efforts to remove AI-generated spam music, having removed over 75 million such tracks in the past year. Drake's representative did not immediately comment on the lawsuit.

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