Kendrick Lamar‘s Drake diss “Not Like Us” received yet another honor recently, in addition to hitting number one two separate times, being named Top Rap Song of 2024, and being both the best-selling song and Apple Music’s most-streamed song of last year: it has hit the billion-stream mark on Spotify.
According to NFR Podcast (an outlet that, incidentally, Drake has accused of being paid by Universal Music Group to promote K.Dot), this makes “Not Like Us” the first diss track to hit that milestone.
As of this writing, Kendrick’s record-breaking hit has 1,002,438,426 streams on Spotify, a feat it accomplished in near-record time, having only been released last May.
“Not Like Us” actually received even more attention recently following Drake’s bombshell legal filings against Universal Music Group.
The chart-topping diss song is at the heart of the dispute, with Drizzy accusing UMG of artifically boosting the track’s popularity through the use of streaming bots and payola.
He has also claimed that UMG — the parent company of his label Republic and Kendrick’s longtime home of Interscope — defamed him by knowlingly releasing a song that accuses him of being a pedophile.
Since he filed the petitions last November, sales of “Not Like Us” have increased by a staggering 440 percent, while streams of the song have jumped by 20 percent, according to Talk of the Charts.
The Canadian superstar submitted two “pre-action” filings against Universal Music Group (UMG), seeking discovery and depositions for potential future lawsuits. These aren’t lawsuits themselves, but petitions asking for more information before a lawsuit is filed. Even if he gains access to the information he desires, Drake is not legally bound to follow through with a lawsuit.
In the first filing, Drizzy claims that UMG — the parent company of both his label Republic and Kendrick’s longtime home of Interscope — used bots and payola to boost the popularity of “Not Like Us” on streaming services and radio, ensuring it would become a mega-hit.
It seeks “pre-action discovery” from UMG and Spotify to allow Drake to “identify appropriate defendants” and pursue a lawsuit alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, as well as New York’s Deceptive Business Act and False Advertising Act. Regarding a potential civil RICO, it points to “predicate acts of wire fraud, mail fraud, and/or bribery.”
The second, which also names iHeartMedia as a respondent, accuses UMG of defamation and claims the music giant could have halted the release of “Not Like Us” which “falsely accus[ed]” him of being a pedophile. It also to seeks to determine “whether, and how, UMG funneled payments to iHeartRadio and its radio stations” to promote “Not Like Us.”
Universal Music Group have vehemently denied the claims, saying in a statement: “The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest ethical practices in our marketing and promotional campaigns. No amount of contrived and absurd legal arguments in this pre-action submission can mask the fact that fans choose the music they want to hear.”
got to admit Kendrick got off some sick burns in Not Like Us 🔥😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂gonna be so triumphant bumping that in your worthless burned out husk of a f9ggot ass city.🚮 Better fireproof that office losers it’s going up on Tuesday😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Drake’s dick is a natural 🧯 and can put any 🔥out just like he did to the one in my butthole 😉😗😙😚😘🥰🥰🤤😋😉😗😙😚😘🥰😍🤤😋😉😗😙😚😘🥰🤤😋😉😗😙😚😘🥰🤤😋😉😗😙😚😘🥰🤤😋😉😗😙😚😘🥰🤤😋😉😗😙😚😘🥰🤤😋😉😗😙😚😘😘🤤😋🤤😋 And he did it while I was bumping Hotline Bling while I was sucking his ding-a-ling.🔔 I thought I was 🫃 And and this all happened on a Saturday 🤫🤫🫢🫢🤭🤭🤗🤗
My boyfriend wasn’t big enough to fill me up so I asked if his brother would stick himself inside me too but now they’re uncomfortable with talking about what happened and I feel bad. I just finished taking a cold shower while playing Certified Lover Boy on my bluetooth speaker hoping Drake would give me answers but his music doesn’t sound the same after all the L’s he took this past year. I wish I could call Ja Rule to help make sense of all this. I’m not asking for advice, I just had to get it off my chest like my boyfriend’s man chowder when he climaxed.
Just let us know when the fire’s out though. Thoughts and prayers🚒📉
@greatgreg LA is up in flames, just like Drake’s career 🔥
Y’all some sick motherfuckers joking about these fires. It’s not even funny at this point.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥shut the fuck up 🚒blame homo BENDERICK🤓 because none of you cocksuckers getting over on some f9ggot shit. 🚮 YOU LOSE FUCK LA 🔥 ACCEPT THE LOSS BITCH📉YOU ARE OVER LA IS DEAD💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
I’m a 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👨❤️👨who loves dick riding DRAKE. I’M A 🐓🍭 and love all types of f8ggot shit. I LOVE LA MEN🥰 MAKE ME YOUR BITCH😗😙😚😘🤤😋😗😙😚😘🥰🤤😋🤤😋
🔥LA GONE BE LIT TONIGHT🔥AHH YEAH VICTORY IS SWEET🥳🍾
🔥MY ASSHOLE IS SO LIT🔥OOHHH YESSSS OVHOE PARTY TONIGHT 🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎉🌈🏳️🌈👨❤️👨👬
look at these worthless cocksuckers on here. all they got is emojis now. i remember when they had a city. too bad it burnt the fuck down. following all these homos fucked you. I TOLD YOU F8GGOTS YOU WOULD BURN 🚮
I’m the biggest🐓🍭 on here. Check out my favorite emojis 🐓🍭👬👨❤️👨🏳️🌈🌈😋🔥. I remember when I snuck into The Embassy. Good Times, I got destroyed and had my back blown out. I 💕 homos. Can’t wait to fuck all of you. WE F8GGOTS WILL ALWAYS WORSHIP DRAKE AND HIS HOMOSEXUAL WAYS😍
He’s very sick and gat
Joey Badass you wanted this smoke now respond! Where is the response to everyone! No mediocre stuff we want 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☄️
Joey Badass you wanted this smoke now respond! Where is the response to everyone! No mediocre stuff we want 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥☄️ Yes joke about the LA fires
and the f8ggot on here trying to be greg trying to save face though everything he ever had burnt down to the ground yesterday has AIDS too. not sure why these f8ggots wanted it from greg but if your city burning down ain’t enough smoke just watch MORE TO COME COCKSUCKERS
Stop pretending to be me and die you K-thot cocksucker. I’m trying to dig a glory hole in the Dunkin Donuts bathroom and don’t have time for you Bendricks fans.
I’m a confused f8ggot who is delusional about Drake beating Kendrick. Don’t mind me, I can’t see past the balls.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥RIP POP SMOKE🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Kendrick and Tyler are the only ones popping in the west? This of the only song that gets publicity from the west coast LOL!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥NOT LIKE US : the sound of LA burning down to the ground and never to return🚮. worthless f8ggots🤓 can pretend it don’t matter😂😂😂😂 because you know what everybody lives in beautiful bel air online🤔 everybody a billionaire online 🤔and everybody got 5 houses and can rebuild in a minute online🤔. in real life you ae fucked📉
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈I’m not like y’all. I love the sound of my cheeks clapping in the wind. I PRETEND TO BE LA HATER BUT I LOVE THE GAY SCENE OUT THAT WAY.😍 Been losing my mind ever since I got tossed up in a In and Out Burger bathroom stall.👬👬👬👬
why did the city burn down so aggressively – COMPLETEY REDUCED TO ASH – must have angered the gods no other explanation. THEY ARE LIVING WRONG DOWN THERE FOLLOWING THE HOMOS THINKING YOU CAN BE A WORTHLESS F8GGOT LIAR AND DECIEVER AND IT ALL WORKS OUT IN THE END. 🤔HEY LA HOWS IT WORKING OUT FOR Y’ALL HOW Y’ALL LOVE KING KENDRICK TODAY? ONLY THE GHETTO IS STANDING📉
NOT LIKE US 💀 THE SONG THAT CURSED LA 🚒📉
It’s crazy how you have Drake fans making fun of fire victims in LA, this is beyond being a fan, I’m convinced that these people are closet pole suckers, millennials that we see everyday while getting coffee and wouldn’t have a second thought about it. It’s truly disturbing
🔥suck a cock bitch U NOT LIKE US YOUR CITY BURNT DOWN HOE🚒📉
Kendrick or Drake article never fails to have great Greg, his gay lover who’s obsessed with him, and 40 comments going back and fourth (hint, it’s the same person. They think they’re funny. They’re not. They’re childish and annoying)
shut the fuck up and grab a bucket loser LA BURNT DOWN WHO THE FUCK IS GREG?
if some yt south park f8ggot🤓 wants to pretend to be dudes on here so fucking what🚮. LA BURNT DOWN FOR REAL COCKSUCKER🚒 SO GO FUCK YOURSELF AND YOUR DUMBASS THEORIES😂😂😂. GRAB A BUCKET YOUR SCENE IS OVER – 🔥LA WENT UP IN SMOKE🥳🍾📉