According to an email from the company’s lawyer, Will Bowes, obtained by the agency, the company and the rappers reached a settlement that includes what Bowes described as a payment that would “strengthen our ongoing creative output.” However, the exact amount was not disclosed. In addition, the two are prohibited from using the name, logo and design of Vogue.
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In the lawsuit filed by the company in early August, immediately after the launch of the two artists’ joint album, it demanded $4 million from them for promoting the album while distributing a fake cover of the magazine with their picture and a quote from the editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, according to which she “loves and supports” them. “It was clear to us that they took advantage of Vogue’s reputation for their commercial purposes, and in the process confused the audience that trusts Vogue as the determining voice in (matters of) fashion and culture,” the company stated.