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Lil Durk Criminal Charges, Tory Lanez Fake News, Ye-Adidas Settlement and More Top Music Law Stories

Lil Durk charges, the Tory Lanez case, the Kanye-Adidas deal and more legal news in the music industry also involving Young Thug, Beyonce and others.

This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between. The Chicago rapper (real name Durk Devontay Banks) was arrested as he attempted to flee the country on a private jet, hours after several of his Only the Family associates were indicted on similar charges over their alleged involvement in the attack, which left Rondo unscathed but saw his cousin killed in the crossfire. FAKE NEWS DEBUNKED – False claims circulated on social media over the weekend that a California appeals court had declared Tory Lanez “innocent” in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.

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