Two cases around consolidation and market control may drastically alter the music landscape, and the indies are making their thoughts known ...

Drake initially filed his lawsuit against UMG in January 2025, accusing the music giant of knowingly defaming him. His ...

Universal Music Group N.V. ( AMS:UMG ) saw a double-digit share price rise of over 10% in the past couple of months ...

Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group just hit a dramatic new turn. The rapper filed the suit in January 2025, accusing UMG of pushing Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not […] The post ...

UMG wants to subpoena Kendrick Lamar and Drake to potentially testify in Drake’s federal defamation lawsuit against the music ...

Ayra Starr is one of the biggest breakout Afrobeats stars, and now she has a new business partner to continue her global rise ...

A s the evidence collection process gets underway in Drake ’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over the Kendrick Lamar diss track “Not Like Us,” Drake’s legal team has included ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) responded to Salt-N-Pepa ’s effort to regain control of their masters for their albums. In the ...

Salt-N-Pepa are battling UMG for their master recordings, but the label claims the rap duo never actually held the copyrights.

Salt-N-Pepa's music catalog lawsuit got a response from UMG, which said the duo doesn't qualify for termination rights over their master recordings.

Meanwhile, Blood Orange enlisted Caroline Polachek, Lorde, and Mustafa for his new indie track, The Aces can't shake a "Twin ...

UMG has submitted a bid to dismiss a class action and stave off mass termination from older recording artists. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large Universal Music Group has a ticking time ...