The Vogue cover 21 Savage and Drake distributed both physically and digitally in promotion of their joint album Her Loss was sharp marketing, but it would have been smarter if they had gotten permission to use it as such. The duo has now settled the trademark infringement lawsuit filed against them by parent company Condé Nast for an undisclosed amount, though the publishing house initially asked for $4 million in damages.
“As a creative company, we, of course, understand our brands may from time to time be referenced in other creative works,” Condé Nast general counsel Will Bowes said in an internal staff memo, according to Semafor. “In this instance, however, it was clear to us that Drake and 21 Savage leveraged Vogue’s reputation for their own commercial purposes and, in the process, confused audiences who trust Vogue as the authoritative voice on fashion and culture.”
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