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Kanye West has settled a lawsuit with his publisher, EMI, for an undisclosed amount, Billboard reports.
According to court documents, West and EMI Publishing “have reached an agreement in principle to settle the above-captioned action in its entirety. The Parties expect to draft and finalize a settlement agreement within 90 days.”
A representative for EMI Publishing declined to comment. A representative for West did not immediately return Rolling Stone‘s request for comment.
The settlement comes eight months after West sued the Sony/ATV-owned EMI Music Publishing, along with Universal Music Group, Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam. The rapper was effectively seeking a way out of the contract he’d signed with EMI back when he was working on his 2004 debut, The College Dropout, citing a California labor statute that limits personal service contracts to seven years.
Other musicians have filed similar lawsuits based around the California statute. And while fully severing ties with a publisher or record company may be the stated goal, often such suits resolve with a renegotiation of contract and royalty terms.
West is set to release his new album, Jesus is King on Friday, September 27th.