HOUSTON (AP) 鈥� Texas-based iHeartMedia said it with Drake over Kendrick Lamar鈥檚 diss track 鈥淣ot Like Us鈥� after demonstrating that it 鈥渄id nothing wrong.鈥�
Drake had alleged in that iHeartMedia received illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost radio airplay for 鈥淣ot Like Us.鈥� 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 Saturday.
鈥淚n exchange for documents that showed iHeart did nothing wrong, Drake agreed to drop his petition. No payments were made -- by either one of us,鈥� 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 鈥渞eached an amicable resolution of the dispute鈥� but did not offer any other information.
A hearing on a motion by UMG鈥檚 lawyers to dismiss Drake's petition is scheduled for Wednesday.
Drake's petition also alleges UMG knew 鈥渢he song itself, as well as its accompanying album art and music video, attacked the character of another one of UMG鈥檚 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 who headlined the show on Feb. 9, is among the biggest in hip-hop in recent years.
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The story has been updated to correct that iHeartMedia鈥檚 revised statement was released on Saturday instead of Monday.
The Associated Press
