Drake is facing another legal battle in 2026.
The Toronto rapper has been named as part of a proposed U.S. class-action lawsuit that alleges he, and other individuals, used proceeds from a gambling website to “obscure transmissions of money,” which were then used to artificially inflate his streaming music play counts.
The suit centres around Stake.us, the name of the U.S. website for the CuraƧao-based online casino operator Stake, which Drake often promotes on his social media profiles.
Among the claims, the suit says Drake, born Aubrey Graham, was “at the heart of the scheme,” working with social media influencer Adin Ross. Both, it says, were paid to promote the platform by gambling with virtual currencies that are “surreptitiously” provided by Stake.
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