Spotify Fires Back Against Drake’s ‘Not Like United States’ Streaming Manipulation Allegations: ‘No Evidence to Substantiate This Claim’
Image Credit: Shutter SpeedSpotify has actually formally fired back versus Drake's claims that it and Universal Music conspired to synthetically improve the appeal of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like United States."Update (12/20):Soon after this piece's publication, a Drake representative connected with a declaration from the artist's legal group at Willkie Farr & & Gallagher."It is not unexpected that Spotify is attempting to distance themselves from UMG's apparently manipulative practices to synthetically pump up streaming numbers on behalf of among its other artists," the legal group stated. "If Spotify and UMG have absolutely nothing to conceal then they must be completely great abiding by this standard discovery demand."Below is our initial protection of Spotify's response to the petition.T...