Snoop Dogg’s past beef with Spotify is no secret. The iconic rapper had long taken issue with the streamer’s payout structure. In fact, in an unearthed podcast interview, Snoop threatened the service with legal action over severely underpaying him for “billions” of streams.

Back in 2023, Snoop sat down with the Business Untitled podcast crew for an in-depth conversation. During the chat, he brought up his beef with Spotify and alleged they paid him very little for a lot of streams.

“Y’all paid me $45,000 for a billion streams? A BILLION,” he claimed. “That ain’t no typo. Forty-five racks for a billion plays of my music. That’s robbery in broad daylight. I’ve been quiet about this for years, watching the numbers, but this time I’m done being polite. Spotify, you better explain that math or I’m taking this straight to court.”

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“I don’t care how big y’all are,” Snoop continued. “I’ve been getting played for a long time. Soft-pedaled. Underpaid. Straight-up robbed of the sweat and years I put into this game.”

Snoop also implied that he believes this has been happening to other artists. “I know I’m not the only one,” he said. “How many artists out here grinding, dropping heat, and getting pennies while these platforms laugh all the way to the bank? That’s not business. That’s stealing from the people who actually make the music.”

“This time I had to speak up,” Snoop added. “If they don’t come correct with an explanation and make this right, we going to see each other in court. Period.”

Snoop later settled his beef after a meeting with Spotify

Subsequently, Bloomberg reported that Snoop had settled his beef with Spotify after a meeting with top brass. Per the outlet, businessman Larry Jackson intervened. Jackson founded the media company Gamma, which partnered with Snoop’s Death Row Records to release his 2025 album, Iz It a Crime? Jackson connected Snoop with Spotify executives and over a “few weeks” they spoke at length about his qualms.

Ultimately, Snoop said he “no longer blames Spotify itself” over the situation. “They offered me understanding and clarity,” Snoop said. “We had a meeting of the minds.” However, he expressed continued skepticism of the overall music streaming payout system, which is ultimately not an uncommon position for artists to take.

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