Kendrick Lamar is kicking of 2025 with a bang. The rapper’s monumental hit, “Not Like Us,” has officially surpassed one billion Spotify streams. Lamar’s anthemic track, released in May 2024, marked the end of the highly publicized feud between himself and Drake and became a longstanding hit, topping the Hot 100 for two nonconsecutive weeks.

The summer single, one of several to come from a feud with fellow rapper Drake, was one of the biggest songs of 2024, hitting the top of Billboard's Hot 100.

One of Kendrick Lamar's most successful years was 2024, and it appears that the hitmaker has no intention of slowing down in 2025.

Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal “scheme” to boost numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track “Not Like Us.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud from last year went from songs and videos to Super Bowl bookings and pre-action petitions. The 38-year-old rapper recently dropped his legal action against Spotify and Universal Music Group that accused them of artificially inflating the popularity of the Compton rapper’s hit diss track “ Not Like Us .”

Drake is suing his record label for spreading a “false and malicious narrative” when it released and promoted Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

The lawsuit states that on May 4, 2024, the day “Not Like Us” came out, “UMG approved, published, and launched a campaign to create a viral hit out of a rap track that falsely accuses Drake of being a pedophile and calls for violent retribution against him.”

The withdrawal notice, filed on Tuesday (January 14) via Drake’s company Frozen Moments LLC, discontinues all legal proceedings without financial penalties for any parties involved. Drake’s legal team disclosed in the court filing that both sides met on Tuesday regarding the filing,

The NFL apparently wants nothing to do with the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef and is attempting to duck the smoke at all costs.

Psych! Just when you thought Drake was going to put the legal action over “Not Like Us” to bed, he went and filed a federal lawsuit about it. Late Tuesday, the rapper quietly withdrew his legal action accusing Universal Music Group of colluding with Spotify to artificially inflate Kendrick Lamar’s diss track.

By Nicole Fell Kendrick Lamar’s diss track turned chart-topping hit “Not Like Us” has hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. The critically acclaimed song, released amid an ongoing feud with ...

Drake has withdrawn his petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group after accusing the entities of launching an illegal “scheme” to boost numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s hit diss track ...