Drake accused of using an online gambling platform to inflate play counts of his music
Drake, Adin Ross, and George Nguyen are accused in a lawsuit of using Stake.us to artificially inflate Drake's music streaming counts.Summary
Rapper Drake is facing a federal class-action lawsuit alleging he used the online sweepstakes casino Stake.us to artificially boost the play counts of his music on platforms like Spotify. The lawsuit claims Drake, along with influencer Adin Ross and George Nguyen, employed bots and streaming farms to “manufacture popularity” and distort music charts. They allegedly used Stake.us’s internal transfer features to conceal the financial transactions involved in this scheme. Drake is a brand ambassador for both Stake.us and Stake.com, with a reported deal worth at least $100 million annually. Similar lawsuits have been filed in Missouri and New Mexico, also accusing Drake and Ross of promoting illegal online gambling operations. Stake has previously denied these allegations, and no criminal charges have been filed in connection with the current lawsuit.
(Source：NBC News)