Thomas Walters

Drake and 21 Savage have settled a lawsuit after using a fake Vogue cover to promote their 2022 album, Her Loss.

Reuters news agency said it had seen a memo sent to employees telling them the rappers had agreed to pay the magazine.

The amount hasn't been revealed but Condé Nast, Vogue's parent company, asked for $4m in its 7 November lawsuit.

A lawyer for Drake had no immediate comment, while a lawyer for 21 Savage declined to comment.

The internal memo said " It was clear to us that Drake and 21 Savage leveraged Vogue's reputation for their own commercial purposes.

" In The Process , [they] confused audiences who trust Vogue as the authoritative voice on fashion and culture. "

Her Loss debuted at No. 1 in the UK.

Since its release, The Project has had mixed reviews and caused a stir when one track, Circo Loco, appeared to suggest singer Megan Thee Stallion had lied about being shot.

Music publication NME gave The Album three stars, saying it was an " exciting prospect marred by lazy song-writing" and packed with " cheap misogyny".

Rolling Stone went a step further, branding The Album " a misfire".

At The Time of the original lawsuit, Thomas Walters , who founded advertising agency Billion Dollar Boy, said the publisher wanted to defend itself because the Vogue brand is " everything" to the outlet.

" In an era where journalism is consistently being used for free, people aren't buying magazines any more, that is their value, " says Thom.

" From their perspective, 21 Savage and Drake have used that brand without compensating for that investment. "

But he also said: " When you're a star of the calibre of Drake, you know that you're willing to take The Risk .

" They obviously would have seen a bigger upside here than downside. "

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Source of news: bbc.com