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.

Drake’s legal team argued that any further delays to litigation will have a detrimental effect on his reputation.

"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.

Drake continues to push his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music, which also alleges that the major employed dubious marketing tactics when promoting Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’. Universal’s attempt to delay the case has failed,

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Drake’s lawyers cited Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show in his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over "Not Like Us."