Veteran rapper RBX, known for his affiliation with Death Row Records during hip-hop’s golden era, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Spotify, accusing the streaming giant of allowing fake accounts and bots to inflate Drake’s streaming numbers. The lawsuit, lodged in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, claims that Spotify knowingly permitted artificial streams between January 2022 and September 2025, unfairly boosting Drake’s performance and reducing payouts for other artists.

RBX alleges that Spotify turned a blind eye to fraudulent activity because it benefited from it. According to the lawsuit, these fake streams increased user activity and ad impressions, ultimately helping Spotify generate more profit while smaller artists lost revenue. The suit further claims that some accounts streamed Drake’s songs for as long as 23 hours a day, with others originating from locations that had no residential addresses, hinting at large-scale bot operations. Although the lawsuit heavily references Drake’s catalog, the rapper himself has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Spotify has publicly responded, denying any negligence. A spokesperson stated that the company takes artificial streaming seriously and has invested heavily in technology to detect and remove fake streams. The platform maintains that it withholds royalties and even penalizes distributors involved in stream manipulation. Still, RBX insists that Spotify’s failure to prevent these fraudulent activities has cost legitimate artists hundreds of millions of dollars over the years.

This legal battle has reignited the long-running debate about fairness and transparency in the streaming industry. Many independent and mid-level musicians have complained about losing revenue to inflated streams by bigger artists. As RBX takes his fight to court, the outcome could set a precedent for how streaming platforms handle bots and protect musicians’ earnings in the digital age.

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