HOUSTON (AP) — Drake has reached a settlement with Texas-based iHeartMedia in his ongoing authorized dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss observe “Not Like Us,” in line with courtroom information.
In November, Drake filed a authorized petition in Bexar County, Texas, the place San Antonio is situated, alleging that iHeartMedia had acquired unlawful funds from Common Music Group to spice up radio airplay for “Not Like Us.” UMG is the mother or father report label for each Drake and Lamar.
The petition, a precursor to a possible lawsuit, had sought depositions from company representatives of each corporations.
In a courtroom doc filed Thursday, attorneys for Drake stated the rapper and iHeartMedia had “reached an amicable resolution of the dispute” however didn’t provide some other data.
“We are pleased that the parties were able to reach a settlement satisfactory to both sides, and have no further comment on this matter,” Drake’s authorized staff stated in an announcement.
In an e mail Friday, iHeartMedia declined to touch upon the settlement.
The claims towards UMG stay lively, and a listening to on a movement by UMG’s legal professionals to dismiss the petition was scheduled to be held Wednesday in a San Antonio courtroom.
Drake has alleged UMG engaged in “irregular and inappropriate business practices” to get radio airplay for “Not Like Us.” The petition additionally alleges that UMG knew “the song itself, as well as its accompanying album art and music video, attacked the character of another one of UMG’s most prominent artists, Drake, by falsely accusing him of being a sex offender, engaging in pedophilic acts, harboring sex offenders, and committing other criminal sexual acts.”
An e mail to a UMG consultant looking for remark was not instantly answered.
In January, Drake filed a defamation lawsuit in federal courtroom in New York Metropolis towards UMG over what he alleges are false allegations of pedophilia made in “Not Like Us.” Lamar will not be named within the lawsuit.
The feud between Drake, a 38-year-old Canadian rapper and singer and five-time Grammy winner, and Lamar, a 37-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner who headlined the Tremendous Bowl halftime present on Feb. 9, is among the many largest in hip-hop lately.
The Federal Communications Fee despatched a letter Monday to iHeartMedia’s CEO and chairman, Robert Pittman, saying the fee is trying into whether or not the audio firm is forcing musicians to carry out at its Could nation music pageant in Austin for lowered pay in change for favorable airplay of their songs on iHeart radio stations.
“We look ahead to demonstrating to the Fee how performing on the iHeartCountry Competition – or declining to take action – has no bearing on our stations’ airplay,” iHeart Media said in a statement. “We don’t make any overt or covert agreements about airplay with artists acting at our occasions.”
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