Drake has found himself in the middle of a major controversy after a new lawsuit claims billions of fake streams have boosted his music numbers.
The case was filed in a California court by rapper RBX, who accused a top music platform of ignoring fake accounts that made the rapper’s songs appear more popular between 2022 and 2025.
The lawsuit said the fake plays, created through bots and VPNs, changed the way money was shared through the app.
Because payments depend on the number of times a song is streamed, smaller artists have reportedly lost millions, while Drake’s numbers have continued to rise.
Although the Which one The rapper was not accused of creating the fake activity himself, he was named as the main person who benefited from it.
More than 250,000 plays of Drake’s song No Face appeared to come from Turkey, but were shown as streams from the United Kingdom.
Some accounts were also found to be playing his music almost 23 hours a day, raising suspicions about automated streaming.
RBX attorney Mark Pifko said the lawsuit aims to expose a system that quietly hurts real artists. The plaintiffs are seeking more than $5 million in damages and want the platform to reveal who was affected.
For those not in the know, the timing of this lawsuit is suspicious, as it comes just weeks after Drake’s own case against another label was dismissed.
