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Drake Named in Spotify Bot-Farming Lawsuit, but Mention of His Name Didn’t Seem to Help the Prosecution’s Case As They Expected

Spotify got a legal victory in a lawsuit alleging that the company turned a blind eye to bot-framed streams for artists like Drake.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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A judge has struck down a lawsuit that alleged Spotify was allowing “bot-farming” streams for artists such as Drake.

According to Pitchfork, on June 22, 2026, a California federal judge, the Honorable Josephine Stanton, dismissed the lawsuit brought by rapper RBX. In his filing, he accused the company of ignoring fraudulent streams. He also named Drake, specifically. RBX argued that a “non-trivial percentage” of the Toronto rapper’s 37 billion total streams “appeared to be the work of a sprawling network of Bot Accounts.”

RBX’s complaint was........

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