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.

A second action against UMG and iHeartRadio is still active, alleging that the ‘Not Like Us’ track is defamatory.

Drake has withdrawn a legal action accusing Universal Music Group and Spotify of artificially inflating Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us."

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.

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

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 has dropped a legal petition against UMG and Spotify after accusing them of inflating streams for Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” The withdrawn filings claimed bots and payola were used to boost the song’s popularity, with UMG allegedly complicit in defamation.

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,