Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
iHeartMedia Says Legal Dispute With Drake Was Settled Because It 'Did Nothing Wrong'
gvw_ap_news
By Associated Press
Published 1 minute ago on
March 4, 2025

Rapper Kendrick Lamar appears at the MTV Video Music Awards, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif., left, and Canadian rapper Drake appears at the premiere of the series "Euphoria," in Los Angeles on June 4, 2019. (AP File)

Share

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...

HOUSTON — Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.”

Drake had alleged in a legal petition filed in November that iHeartMedia received illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost radio airplay for “Not Like Us.” UMG is the parent record label for both Drake and Lamar.

San Antonio-based iHeartMedia initially declined to comment on the settlement that was revealed last week in court documents. The media company released an updated statement Monday.

“In exchange for documents that showed iHeart did nothing wrong, Drake agreed to drop his petition. No payments were made — by either one of us,” the statement said.

In a court document filed Thursday in Bexar County, where San Antonio is located, attorneys for Drake said the rapper and iHeartMedia had “reached an amicable resolution of the dispute” but did not offer any other information.

A hearing on a motion by UMG’s lawyers to dismiss Drake’s petition is scheduled for Wednesday.

Drake’s petition also alleges 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.”

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 Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 9, is among the biggest in hip-hop in recent years.

RELATED TOPICS:

DON'T MISS

Trump’s Halt on Military Aid Will Hurt Ukraine’s Defenses. But It May Not Be Fatal

DON'T MISS

iHeartMedia Says Legal Dispute With Drake Was Settled Because It ‘Did Nothing Wrong’

DON'T MISS

Arab Leaders Gather to Endorse Counterproposal to Trump’s Gaza Plan

DON'T MISS

Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Issac Raymond Lisaola

DON'T MISS

Zelenskyy Calls Oval Office Spat With Trump ‘Regrettable,’ Is Ready to Work for Peace

DON'T MISS

CHP Blames Drug Use, Speeding for Fiery Cybertruck Crash That Killed 3

DON'T MISS

LA Kings Apologize for Selling Scarves Made in Turkey on Armenian Night

DON'T MISS

California Juvenile Detention Officers Staged ‘Gladiator Fights’ Between Youth, Indictment Says

DON'T MISS

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Deepens as Trump’s Tariffs Kick In

DON'T MISS

How to Watch the First Joint Address to Congress of Trump’s Second Term

UP NEXT

iHeartMedia Says Legal Dispute With Drake Was Settled Because It ‘Did Nothing Wrong’

UP NEXT

Arab Leaders Gather to Endorse Counterproposal to Trump’s Gaza Plan

UP NEXT

Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Issac Raymond Lisaola

UP NEXT

Zelenskyy Calls Oval Office Spat With Trump ‘Regrettable,’ Is Ready to Work for Peace

UP NEXT

CHP Blames Drug Use, Speeding for Fiery Cybertruck Crash That Killed 3

UP NEXT

LA Kings Apologize for Selling Scarves Made in Turkey on Armenian Night

UP NEXT

California Juvenile Detention Officers Staged ‘Gladiator Fights’ Between Youth, Indictment Says

UP NEXT

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Deepens as Trump’s Tariffs Kick In

UP NEXT

How to Watch the First Joint Address to Congress of Trump’s Second Term

UP NEXT

US Tariffs Take Effect, China Retaliates With Tariff on the US

Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Issac Raymond Lisaola

11 minutes ago

Zelenskyy Calls Oval Office Spat With Trump ‘Regrettable,’ Is Ready to Work for Peace

24 minutes ago

CHP Blames Drug Use, Speeding for Fiery Cybertruck Crash That Killed 3

30 minutes ago

LA Kings Apologize for Selling Scarves Made in Turkey on Armenian Night

34 minutes ago

California Juvenile Detention Officers Staged ‘Gladiator Fights’ Between Youth, Indictment Says

37 minutes ago

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Deepens as Trump’s Tariffs Kick In

49 minutes ago

How to Watch the First Joint Address to Congress of Trump’s Second Term

54 minutes ago

US Tariffs Take Effect, China Retaliates With Tariff on the US

1 hour ago

Stock Market: Dow Drops Nearly 650 Points Anticipating Trump’s Tariffs

16 hours ago

Trump Hits ‘Pause’ on US Aid to Ukraine After Oval Dustup, Pressuring Zelenskyy on Russia Talks

17 hours ago

Trump’s Halt on Military Aid Will Hurt Ukraine’s Defenses. But It May Not Be Fatal

LONDON — The U.S. has been Ukraine’s biggest military backer since Russia’s full-scale invasion began three years ago. The suspe...

16 seconds ago

16 seconds ago

Trump’s Halt on Military Aid Will Hurt Ukraine’s Defenses. But It May Not Be Fatal

1 minute ago

iHeartMedia Says Legal Dispute With Drake Was Settled Because It ‘Did Nothing Wrong’

8 minutes ago

Arab Leaders Gather to Endorse Counterproposal to Trump’s Gaza Plan

Issac Raymond Lisaola is Valley Crime Stoppers' Most Wanted Person of the Day for March 4, 2025. (Valley Crimes Stoppers)
11 minutes ago

Valley Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Day: Issac Raymond Lisaola

Vice President JD Vance, center right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center left, as President Donald Trump, center, listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Mystyslav Chernov)
24 minutes ago

Zelenskyy Calls Oval Office Spat With Trump ‘Regrettable,’ Is Ready to Work for Peace

30 minutes ago

CHP Blames Drug Use, Speeding for Fiery Cybertruck Crash That Killed 3

34 minutes ago

LA Kings Apologize for Selling Scarves Made in Turkey on Armenian Night

37 minutes ago

California Juvenile Detention Officers Staged ‘Gladiator Fights’ Between Youth, Indictment Says

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend