More details have surfaced about Drake’s settlement with iHeartMedia and according to the media company, after showing proof that they did not commit any wrongdoing, the Canadian rapper agreed to drop them from the lawsuit.
“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,” iHeartMedia said in a statement.
Drake had accused iHeartMedia of engaging in a payola system with Universal Music Group after UMG promoted Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which “falsely [accused] him of being a sex offender, engaging in pedophilic acts, harboring sex offenders, and committing other criminal sexual acts.”
Drake has not dropped his lawsuit against UMG, which has denied the allegations made against it.
“Not only are these claims untrue, but the notion that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist—let alone Drake—is illogical,” the company wrote in a statement at the time. “We have invested massively in his music and our employees around the world have worked tirelessly for many years to help him achieve historic commercial and personal financial success.”