Houston – Drake has reached a settlement with Texas-based IheartMedia Continuous legal disputes It tracks Kendrick Lamar’s Diss Track “Not Like Us,” according to court records.
In November, Drake filed a legal petition in Bexar County, Texas, located in San Antonio, claiming IheartMedia had given illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost radio airplay on “Not like Us.” UMG is the parent record label for both Drake and Lamar.
The petition, the predecessor of the potential litigation, had sought deposits from corporate representatives of both companies.
In court documents filed Thursday, Drake’s lawyers said the rapper and IheartMedia had “reached an amicable resolution of the dispute” but did not provide any other information.
“We are pleased that the parties have reached a satisfactory settlement on both sides and that we have not been able to comment further on this issue,” Drake’s legal team said in a statement.
In an email Friday, Iheartmedia declined to comment on the settlement.
The claims against UMG remained active, and a hearing on a motion to dismiss the petition by UMG’s lawyers was scheduled to be held in San Antonio courtroom on Wednesday.
Drake claims that UMG has engaging in “irregular and inappropriate business practices” and has acquired radio airplay because “not like us.” The petition also alleges that UMG “knowed that the song itself and the accompanying album art and music video were attacked by falsely accusing it of being a sex offender, engaged in pediatric sexual offenders, committing other criminal acts of committing other criminal acts.
An email to a UMG representative seeking comment was not immediately answered.
In January, Drake filed a defamatory lawsuit against UMG in federal court in New York City over its allegation that it was a false pedophile allegation “not like us.” Lamar has not been named in the lawsuit.
Feud Between the 38-year-old Canadian rapper and singer and five-time Grammy winner Drake and 37-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner Lamar. Super Bowl Halftime Show February 9th, it has been one of the biggest hip-hop in recent years.
The Federal Communications Commission wrote Monday to IheartMedia CEO and Chairman Robert Pittman, who said the committee is investigating whether audio companies are forcing musicians to perform at Austin’s May Country Music Festival in May to reduce wages in exchange for a lucrative plane for songs at Iheart Radio Atsations.
“We look forward to showing the committee that we will perform at the IheartCountry Festival or decline to do so. “We have not made any obvious or secret agreements regarding airplay with artists performing at our event.”
