Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal “scheme” to boost numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us.

Drake filed a shocking legal action against Universal Music Group and Spotify, accusing both companies of using a “scheme” involving bots and payola, all set up to boost the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s hugely successful Drake diss “Not Like Us.

The notice also notes that Drake’s representatives “met and conferred” with the respondents to the legal action in January. Spotify, which filed an opposition to the petition, responded that it had no objection to the withdrawal. Meanwhile, UMG, which had not filed an opposition to the petition, “reserved its position.”

But when Lamar's "Not Like Us" diss track went viral and topped music charts globally, Drake reacted by alleging Spotify and UMG came up with an illegal scheme to boost the song.

Rapper Drake has withdrawn his legal petition accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group of artificially inflating Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us".

A second action against UMG and iHeartRadio is still active, alleging that the ‘Not Like Us’ track is defamatory.

Drake has dropped his legal case against UMG and Spotify, in which he accused them of colluding to reduce streaming rates for Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ to increase its visibility. Drake’s company,