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A new lawsuit has been filed alleging that the number of streams Drake<\/a> has on Spotify<\/a> has been artificially inflated.<\/p>\n The class action lawsuit against Spotify was filed over the weekend (Sunday November 2) at California\u2019s District Court. In it, the streaming giant is accused of having \u201cmass-scale fraudulent streaming\u201d that it \u201cturned a blind eye\u201d to.<\/p>\n Details about the case were shared by Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a>, and it is widely reported that the lawsuit was Snoop Dogg<\/a>\u2019s cousin RBX as the lead plaintiff.<\/p>\n In the filing, it is alleged that of Drake\u2019s 37 billion streams, \u201ca substantial, non-trivial percentage [are] inauthentic and appear to be the work of a sprawling network of Bot Accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEvery month, under Spotify\u2019s watchful eye, billions of fraudulent streams are generated from fake, illegitimate, and\/or illegal methods. [This is fraud that] causes massive financial harm to legitimate artists, songwriters, producers, and other rights holders.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFor Spotify, more users and music streams means more advertising dollars, so long as the true origin of the streams remains hidden\u2026\u201d it adds, although it is worth highlighting that more streams would also mean more payouts required from the streaming platform.<\/p>\n It is worth noting that while Drake is the only artist named in regard to the alleged fake streams, he is not being sued.<\/p>\n