and music publishing company EMI notified the United States District Court for the Southern District New York on January 13th that they have “reached an agreement in principle resolving all issues” regarding their lawsuits over a publishing contract signed by Kanye in 2003. This legal battle began last January, when . He argued that, because it is illegal in California for a company to lock in an artist in a personal service contracts for more than seven years, EMI had enforced rights in violation California law for more than eight years following the end his contract. EMI has overseen Kanye’s catalogue since 2003, when Kanye was making College Dropout. The company retaliated two months later in March with their own counter-suit, however, citing Kanye’s claims as invalid because he had signed multiple contract extensions with them.

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, but  The judge assigned a deadline January 13th, 2020, to reach an agreement, which both parties have succeeded in doing so.  As long as neither Kanye nor EMI file motions to the contrary, the case will ficially be closed on February 14th, 2020.