Drake known as Spotify “Botify” throughout a dwell stream, creating irony as he faces the identical bot allegations in a class-action lawsuit.

Drake took a pointed jab at Spotify throughout a current dwell stream with Bendadonn, calling the platform “Botify” whereas previewing his upcoming ICEMAN venture.

The remark creates layers of irony, given the swirling bot allegations surrounding a number of events in Hip-Hop’s streaming wars.

“I can play it on Botify real quick, I mean Sp…” Drake mentioned in the course of the stream, catching himself mid-sentence however making his level clear.

The dig comes as Drake continues his authorized battle in opposition to Universal music Group, the place he accused the label of utilizing bots and synthetic streaming manipulation to spice up Kendrick Lamar’s diss monitor “Not Like Us.”

Drake’s lawsuit in opposition to UMG claimed the corporate “launched a campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves” to artificially inflate Kendrick’s monitor.

He alleged UMG used bots, payola schemes and different misleading practices to push “Not Like Us” to over 900 million streams, making it the most-streamed diss monitor in Spotify historical past.

But the bot allegations create a twisted irony.

Just months after Drake’s authorized motion, rapper RBX filed a class-action lawsuit in opposition to Spotify, alleging the platform ignored “billions of fraudulent streams” that allegedly inflated Drake’s numbers. The lawsuit alleges that Drake benefited from bot accounts that used VPN technology to obscure their locations and artificially inflate his streaming counts.

RBX’s authorized workforce claims the fraudulent Drake streams value different artists a whole lot of thousands and thousands in misplaced income. The lawsuit factors explicitly to “abnormal VPN usage” that masked the places of bot accounts streaming Drake’s catalog.

This places Drake in an uncommon place: accusing others of bot manipulation whereas concurrently being accused of benefiting from the identical follow. But Drake’s “Botify” remark suggests he nonetheless harbors resentment towards the platform, whilst he wants its algorithmic assist for ICEMAN‘s upcoming launch.

Drake’s relationship with Spotify stays difficult however worthwhile.

Despite the authorized drama and bot allegations, he dominated the platform in 2025, with over 17.6 billion streams. The numbers signify his largest streaming yr ever on Spotify, pushing his complete platform streams previous 125 billion, making him the primary artist to achieve that milestone.

His 2025 streaming success got here even because the Kendrick Lamar beef dominated headlines and “Not Like Us” grew to become a cultural phenomenon.

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