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Drake has dropped iHeartMedia from his pre-action petition in Texas court, Rolling Stone reports. On Monday (March 3), RS reported iHeartMedia is no longer a defendant in Drake's probe into alleged payola in connection to Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." The two parties have come to an "amicable resolution" after Drizzy sought to depose the company about their possible involvement in a pay-for-play scheme with K-Dot's hit single. “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,” a source at iHeartMedia tells Rolling Stone. Drake’s legal team responded to the update in the case saying, “We are pleased that the parties were able to reach a settlement satisfactory to both sides and have no further comment on this matter.” Drake is still taking UMG to court in Texas as part of his legal probe. He claims they used bots and payola to artificially inflate "Not Like Us." In addition, Drizzy has also filed a federal defamation lawsuit against UMG in New York Supreme Court over the song, which calls Drake a child predator. The music company has denied the allegations. XXL has reached out to Drake's team and iHeartRadio for comment.