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Federal judge dismisses proposed Spotify class action lawsuit over fake Drake streams

A US district court judge has permanently dismissed a lawsuit alleging Spotify allowed billions of fraudulent streams of Drake's music.

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A federal judge has permanently dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit that accused Spotify of ignoring billions of allegedly fake streams of Drake's music. Rolling Stone, Billboard, Digital Music News, and UA.NEWS all reported on the dismissal of the lawsuit. [1][4][6][8]

Rolling Stone reported that United States District Judge Josephine L. Staton issued a 16-page ruling dismissing the suit on October 23, 2026. The lead plaintiff in the case was the rapper RBX, whose legal name is Eric Dwayne Collins and who is the cousin of Snoop Dogg. The judge found that Collins failed to establish that Spotify owed him a specific legal duty or that he suffered the type of harm necessary to support a negligence claim. [1]

The proposed class action lawsuit was first reported by Rolling Stone in November 2025. It had claimed that the music streaming service turned a blind eye to widespread streaming fraud and fake plays involving Drake's catalog. [1][4]

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In short

  • A US federal judge permanently dismissed a lawsuit claiming Spotify allowed billions of fake streams of Drake's music.
  • US District Judge Josephine L. Staton issued the 16-page ruling dismissing the case.
  • The lead plaintiff was rapper RBX, whose legal name is Eric Dwayne Collins.
  • The judge ruled that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that Spotify owed him a specific legal duty or caused him actionable legal harm.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Claiming Spotify Allowed Billions of Fake Streams of Drake’s MusicRolling Stone, 3h ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Claiming Spotify Allowed Billions of Fake Streams of Drake’s MusicYahoo, 3h ago
  3. [3]Drake Fake Streams Spotify Lawsuit Dismissed by JudgeBaller Alert, 1h ago
  4. [4]Spotify Streaming Fraud Lawsuit That Claimed Drake Gets Billions of Fake Plays Dismissed by JudgeBillboard, 6h ago
  5. [5]Insane AI "Music" LawsuitThe Needle Drop, 8h ago
  6. [6]Spotify Bot-Fraud Class-Action Tossed by Federal JudgeDigital Music News, 4h ago
  7. [7]AVEX MUSIC GROUP SONGWRITERS CO-WRITE TATE MCRAE'S "HOUSEWIFE," NO. 1 ON SPOTIFY'S GLOBAL AND U.S. CHARTSAOL.com, 12h ago
  8. [8]US court permanently dismisses lawsuit against Spotify over Drake streams — Rolling StoneUA.NEWS, 3h ago

Background

  1. [9]Anna's Archive on Wikipedia
  2. [10]List of Billions episodes on Wikipedia
  3. [11]Faker (gamer) on Wikipedia
  4. [12]BTS fifth studio album Arirang surpasses 5 billion Spotify streams FTMQ Music, 13d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 12 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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