Drake has reached a private deal with iHeartMedia while he probes allegations UMG engaged in a pay-to-play scheme with Kendrick Lamar's ‘Not Like Us’

* Drake ’s beef with iHeart Media is settled. The Associated Press, via Yahoo News, cited court documents which recently broke news of a settlement reached in the Canadian entertainer’s legal dispute with iHeart, who said it “did nothing wrong.”

2025 hasn’t been too kind to Drake (neither was much of 2024 thanks to Kendrick Lamar), but it seems like at least one of his legal issues is resolved; his lawsuit against iHeartMedia has apparently been settled.

Conan O'Brien made a joke about Kendrick Lamar and Drake's ongoing feud while hosting the 2025 Oscars on Sunday, March 2.

According to Rolling Stone, Drake and iHeartMedia have reached a settlement in the musician’s payola pre-action filing. Based on documents obtained by the outlet, both parties came to a mutual agreement which was then confirmed on paper in the Bexar County, Texas courts.

Court records show Drake has reached a settlement with iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”

Maher was focused on getting Xzibit’s thoughts on Lamar calling Drake a “pedophile” on his Grammy-winning anthem “Not Like Us” and performing the track during his Super Bowl Halftime Show.