{"id":37457,"date":"2025-08-11T16:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drakes-lawyers-finally-serve-key-witness-accused-of-botting\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:02:19","slug":"drakes-lawyers-finally-serve-key-witness-accused-of-botting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/drakes-lawyers-finally-serve-key-witness-accused-of-botting\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake&#8217;s Lawyers Finally Serve Key Witness Accused of Botting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/drake\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drake<\/a>&#8216;s attorneys have finally served an elusive key witness who is accused of using botting tactics to fraudulently inflate numbers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/kendrick-lamar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/not-like-us-single\/1744776162\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Not Like Us.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Drake&#8217;s Lawyers Serve Elusive Key Witness<\/h3>\n<p>After previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@xxl\/post\/DND_ILXRLRH?xmt=AQF0bKEEUpNNdb32eBuIsVMaHmQnjCDpfp8g_3Ai0e2RbA\" target=\"_blank\">getting permission from a judge<\/a> to serve Kojo Menne Asamoah by alternate means, Drizzy&#8217;s legal team served Asamoah by certified mail at five addresses on Aug. 7, according to court documents obtained by<em> XXL<\/em> on Monday (Aug. 11). As part of the subpoena, Asamoah will be required to &#8220;produce documents, information, or objects or to permit inspection of premises&#8221; in connection with alleged botting tactics used to help push &#8220;Not Like Us,&#8221; the track at the center of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/drake-umg-defamation-lawsuit-details\/\" target=\"_blank\">Drake&#8217;s defamation lawsuit against UMG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"branded-app-shortcode-inarticle\">\n<div class=\"logo-wrap\" rel=\"fwef\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/townsquare.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/www.xxlmag.png?w=100\" alt=\"XXL logo\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamar-drake-three-days-disses\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar, Drake and Three Days of Disses That Changed Everything<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3>Why Does Drake Want to Serve\u00a0Kojo Menne Asamoah?<\/h3>\n<p>Drake believes Asamoah was involved in &#8220;directing payments and\/or financial incentives from UMG to third parties involved in online botting for the purpose of artificially inflating the streaming numbers of [&#8216;Not Like Us&#8217;],&#8221; according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Drake&#8217;s legal team has spent months trying to find Asamoah, even hiring private investigators, which the rapper claims cost him thousands of dollars. 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