{"id":4488,"date":"2025-03-03T17:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/drake-iheartmedia-reach-settlement-in-not-like-us-airplay-dispute\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:35:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:35:19","slug":"drake-iheartmedia-reach-settlement-in-not-like-us-airplay-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/drake-iheartmedia-reach-settlement-in-not-like-us-airplay-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake & iHeartMedia Reach Settlement in ‘Not Like Us’ Airplay Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tD<\/span>rake has reached a settlement with Texas-based iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar\u2019s diss track \u201cNot Like Us,\u201d according to court records.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn November, Drake\u00a0filed a legal petition\u00a0in Bexar County, Texas, where San Antonio is located, alleging that iHeartMedia had received illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost radio airplay for \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d UMG is the parent record label for both Drake and Lamar.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe petition, a precursor to a potential lawsuit, had sought depositions from corporate representatives of both companies.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a court document filed Thursday, attorneys for Drake said the rapper and iHeartMedia had \u201creached an amicable resolution of the dispute\u201d but did not offer any other information.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are pleased that the parties were able to reach a settlement satisfactory to both sides, and have no further comment on this matter,\u201d Drake\u2019s legal team said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn an email Friday, iHeartMedia declined to comment on the settlement.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe claims against UMG remain active, and a hearing on a motion by UMG\u2019s lawyers to dismiss the petition was scheduled to be held Wednesday in a San Antonio courtroom.<\/p>\n

\n\tDrake has alleged UMG engaged in \u201cirregular and inappropriate business practices\u201d to get radio airplay for \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d The petition also alleges that UMG knew \u201cthe song itself, as well as its accompanying album art and music video, attacked the character of another one of UMG\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAn email to a UMG representative seeking comment was not immediately answered.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn January, Drake\u00a0filed a defamation lawsuit\u00a0in federal court in New York City against\u00a0UMG\u00a0over what he alleges are false allegations of pedophilia made in \u201cNot Like Us.\u201d Lamar is not named in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe feud between Drake, a 38-year-old Canadian rapper and singer and five-time Grammy winner, and Lamar, a 37-year-old\u00a0Pulitzer Prize winner\u00a0who headlined the\u00a0Super Bowl halftime\u00a0show on Feb. 9, is among the biggest in hip-hop in recent years.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Federal Communications Commission sent a letter Monday to iHeartMedia\u2019s CEO and chairman, Robert Pittman, saying the commission is looking into whether the audio company is forcing musicians to perform at its May country music festival in Austin for reduced pay in exchange for favorable airplay of their songs on iHeart radio stations.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe look forward to demonstrating to the Commission how performing at the iHeartCountry Festival \u2013 or declining to do so \u2013 has no bearing on our stations\u2019 airplay,\u201d iHeart Media said in a statement. \u201cWe do not make any overt or covert agreements about airplay with artists performing at our events.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis article was originally published by The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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