A federal judge agreed with Universal Music Group that the hip-hop act never owned the copyrights to its earliest work.
Category: Universal Music Group
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The Song Was a Hit 20 Years Ago. It Just Got a Video.
Decades-old tracks by artists including Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, LL Cool J and Talking Heads are finding younger fans. Record labels hope new videos will feed their interest.
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Universal Music Group Files for U.S. Public Offering
The group behind Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga submitted a confidential proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Salt-N-Pepa Demands Its Master Recordings in Lawsuit
The rap group accused Universal Music Group of ignoring federal copyright law by not giving up the original copies of its earliest work.
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Rare Beatles Audition Tape Surfaces in a Vancouver Record Shop
The recording appears to be from the band’s 1962 audition for Decca Records, which notably rejected the group.
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Universal Music Calls Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit ‘Misguided’
The label behind Drake and Kendrick Lamar filed a motion on Monday to dismiss Drake’s lawsuit, which accused it of defamation and harassment over the diss song.
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Drake’s New Valentine’s Day Album Pivots From Kendrick Lamar Beef
The Valentine’s Day release, a collaboration with PartyNextDoor, tries on different styles (acoustic pop, traditional Mexican) while only alluding to Kendrick Lamar.
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Drake Sues Universal Music Over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’
In a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, Drake accused Universal Music Group of putting his life and reputation at risk by releasing and promoting the popular diss track.
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How Juice WRLD Arrived in Fortnite
An avatar for the singing rapper, who died in 2019, appeared at a special event in the video game to debut a new song alongside Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice.
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Drake Accuses Universal and Spotify of Boosting Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’
The Canadian rapper filed legal papers on Monday claiming that the record company and streaming service promoted “Not Like Us” ahead of Drake’s tracks.
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Sony, Universal and Other Record Labels Sue A.I. Music Generators
The lawsuits say that Udio and Suno trained their products on reams of copyrighted music.
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Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer and Musicians’ Advocate, Dies at 67
He called himself a “professional listener,” and he tended to develop lifelong relationships with the artists he worked with.