Drake Settles With iHeartMedia In Legal Action That Followed Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'
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The Toronto rapper claimed that Universal Music Group made payments to iHeartMedia for airtime of Lamar's Grammy-winning diss track.
Canadian rapper Drake has reportedly reached a settlement with iHeartMedia months after filing a legal petition amid his monumental rap beef with West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar.
“We are pleased that the parties were able to reach a settlement satisfactory to both sides, and have no further comment on this matter,” the legal team for Drake, whose full name is Aubrey Drake Graham, told HuffPost on Monday.
The settlement removes iHeartMedia — but Universal Music Group, Graham’s label — from the petition, which was filed in November last year in Texas. The petition is not a lawsuit but rather a preliminary move for such an action.
In the petition, Graham claimed that UMG executed “irregular and inappropriate business practices” to get Lamar’s “Not Like Us” additional airtime on the radio. (Both Lamar and Graham have contracts with entities under UMG.)
Specifically, Graham alleged that UMG made payments to San Antonio-based iHeartMedia for the airtime, a practice known as payola. iHeartMedia, which the Federal Communications Commission is currently investigating for different payola claims, did not respond to HuffPost’s request for comment.
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