Quavo is no longer facing a lawsuit for rapping in front of a quartz sculpture of a 1961 Ferrari in a TikTok and Instagram promo video in 2024.
A Monday (June 15) court filing, first obtained and reported by Billboard, states that artist Daniel Arsham and Quavo (Quavious Marshall) have agreed to the permanent dismissal of the copyright lawsuit. The notice does not say whether or not Quavo is paying a settlement to end the case. Arsham’s attorney declined to comment on the matter, and a rep for Quavo did not return a request for comment.
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Arsham, a New York-based artist, created the sculpture “Quartz Eroded 1961 Ferrari GT” in 2018 as part of a series portraying classic cars in an “eroded” or decaying state. He sued the former Migos rapper last year for allegedly featuring the piece in a 45-second promo video and related photo carousel posted to TikTok and Instagram in December 2024.
In the video, Quavo was shown rapping a portion of his then-unreleased song “Trappa Rappa” in front of the Ferrari sculpture. “Trappa Rappa” dropped as a single in February 2025, though Arsham’s sculpture was not present in any of the official visuals.
Arsham’s lawsuit alleged that Quavo should have gotten his permission and paid a license to feature the piece in social media promos. He said such unauthorized use “interferes with and diminishes the value of plaintiff’s licensing market and his ability to control the manner in which his work is presented to the public.”
The case was still in its earliest stages before being dismissed on Monday, and therefore, a judge had not yet determined whether Arsham was correct. Quavo’s lawyer previewed a defense in court papers last month, writing that they planned to “establish that plaintiff’s claims lack a factual basis on multiple grounds.”
“One such ground is the absence of substantial similarity of protectible expression between the video and the photos, on the one hand, and the sculpture, on the other,” wrote Quavo’s attorney in May. “Another ground is that the video and photos were authorized by plaintiff’s legal agent.”
Arsham’s original lawsuit also targeted Quavo’s label, Quality Control Music, and its parent company HYBE, though both companies were dropped as defendants a few months into the case.
