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Drake ropes Siri into his feud with rival Kendrick Lamar, for some reason

Drake has started a beef with Apple, claiming that Siri has been bribed to play Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us”, even when you ask for “Certified Lover Boy.”

Cover of Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” album — which Siri allegedly hides from you — image credit: Drake

Back when radio stations didn’t sound identical across the nation, there was the problem of payola where a DJ could be paid to promote certain songs. Rapper Drake believes this is still continuing to this day — but that the name of the DJ in question is Siri.

“On information and belief, UMG [Universal Music Group] paid, or approved payments to, Apple Inc. to have its voice-activated digital assistant ‘Siri’ purposely misdirect users to ‘Not Like Us,'” says a court filing by Drake’s lawyers. “Online sources reported that when users asked Siri to play the album ‘Certified Loverboy’ by recording artist Aubrey Drake Graham d/b/a [doing business as] Drake, Siri instead played ‘Not Like Us,’ which contains the lyric ‘certified pedophile,’ an allegation against Drake.”

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