Rapper Drake ya kaddamar da’awa a kan kamfanin streaming na Spotify da Universal Music Group (UMG) saboda zargin su na karamin wakar Kendrick Lamar mai suna ‘Not Like Us’. A cikin takarda da aka gabatar a kotun New York ranar Litinin, kamfanin Drake mai suna Frozen Moments LLC ya zargi UMG da kaddamar yakin neman zaure na bots, payola, da hanyoyin daban-daban domin yin wakar Lamar ya kai samanin milioni 900 a kan Spotify.
Da’awar ta ce UMG ta fara yakin neman zaure domin yin wakar Lamar ya kai samanin, ta hada da biyan bots domin yin wakar, biyan wadanda ke tallafawa rediyo domin yin wakar, da kuma biyan kamfanin Apple domin yin wakar ta hanyar mai taimakon murya Siri. Wakar ‘Not Like Us’ ta zama wakar da ta kai samanin a cikin Billboard rap charts, ta rike matsayi na farko a duk bazara.
UMG ta musanta zargin, ta ce ‘zargin sun kasance masu tsauri da karya’. “Mun yi amfani da mafi kyawun ayyuka na adabi a cikin yakin neman zaure da tallafawa,” in ji UMG a wata sanarwa. “Ko da yawan zargin da aka yi a cikin gabatarwar da’awa, ba zai iya bata wa gaskiya cewa magoya bayan kiÉ—an su ne suka zaÉ“a kiÉ—an da suke so.”
Da’awar ta Frozen Moments LLC ta nemi ajiye bayanai daga UMG da Spotify domin neman da’awa ta kasa a Æ™arÆ™ashin Dokar Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO). Hakan ya zo bayan fitowar sabon albam din Kendrick Lamar mai suna ‘GNX‘, wanda ya nuna yakin da ke tsakaninsu.
