The Toronto rapper claimed that Universal Music Group made payments to iHeartMedia for airtime of Lamar's Grammy-winning diss track.

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’

"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," iHeart said.

The rapper, who settled with iHeartMedia, suspects that the major label made secret payments and offered reduced licensing rates to third parties to promote the song.

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

* 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.”

HeartMedia has settled a court dispute with Drake over allegations the radio network received “payola” from Universal Music Group (UMG) to play Kendrick Lamar’s anti-Drake diss track Not Like Us. In a filing on Thursday (February 27) with the Bexar County District Court in San Antonio,

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.

Drake, who filed a lawsuit against iHeartMedia for boosting Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, Not Like Us, is not ready to settle the case.The 38-year-old rapper had alleged in a petition

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.

Attorneys for Drake said the rapper and iHeartMedia had ‘reached an amicable resolution of the dispute’ but did not offer any other information