Drake has made a serious chess transfer in change for paperwork in his lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar‘s “Not Like Us.”
Drake Drops iHeartMedia From Texas Court docket Probe
On Monday (March 3), Rolling Stone reported iHeartMedia is not a defendant in Drake’s probe into alleged payola in connection to Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” The 2 events have come to an “amicable decision” after Drizzy sought to depose the corporate about their potential involvement in a pay-for-play scheme with Okay-Dot’s hit single.
“In change for paperwork that confirmed iHeart did nothing fallacious, Drake agreed to drop his petition. No funds had been made—by both of us,” a supply at iHeartMedia tells Rolling Stone.
Drake’s authorized group responded to the replace within the case saying, “We’re happy that the events had been in a position to attain a settlement passable to each side and haven’t any additional touch upon this matter.”
Drake continues to be taking Common Music Group to courtroom in Texas as a part of the authorized probe he filed final November. The rapper claims they used bots and payola to artificially inflate “Not Like Us.” As well as, Drizzy has additionally filed a federal defamation lawsuit in opposition to UMG in New York Supreme Court docket over the track, which calls Drake a baby predator.
The following courtroom date for the Texas case is scheduled for April. Nonetheless, Drake’s authorized group needs the date pushed ahead.
“Delaying discovery would unfairly prejudice Plaintiff, who is continuous to endure the results of UMG’s defamatory marketing campaign,” they wrote in a current movement. “Certainly, on the identical time UMG has been delaying right here, UMG launched new campaigns to additional unfold the defamatory content material, together with on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present, which had over 133.5 million viewers.”
UMG has denied the allegations.
XXL has reached out to Drake’s group and iHeartMedia for remark.