The BPI has apologised for an “isolated error” that led to a takedown requests being filed against a handful of online reviews related to Canadian rapper Drake. 

It just so happened that the reviews in question didn’t look too favourably on the Universal artist’s Take Care album, leading a number of music journalists to assume the takedown requests had been filed by UMG itself.

A number of reports surfaced last week claiming such foul play but Universal has since denied ...