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Judge Throws Out Drake Stream Fraud Lawsuit
26 Oct
Summary
- Spotify is cleared of wrongdoing in a Drake stream fraud lawsuit.
- Rapper RBX failed to prove Spotify owed him a legal duty.
- The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, barring refiling.
A lawsuit alleging Spotify turned a blind eye to billions of fraudulent streams of Drake's music has been permanently dismissed. U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton rejected the proposed class-action lawsuit, finding that lead plaintiff RBX, whose legal name is Eric Dwayne Collins, did not establish that Spotify owed him a specific legal duty.
The ruling stated that Collins, a cousin of Snoop Dogg, failed to allege sufficient facts to support claims of unfair rule enforcement or fraud. Collins had argued that fake streams of Drake's music, allegedly from bot accounts, siphoned money away from legitimate artists. The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, preventing Collins from refiling the same claims in federal court.
This decision follows a previous dismissal where Collins was granted an opportunity to amend his complaint. Separately, a federal judge in Virginia paused another lawsuit in July 2026 accusing Drake and streamer Adin Ross of using Stake.us to bankroll a bot network that inflated Drake's music streams. That case is pending arbitration.
