The hip-hop duo sued UMG in May 2025, alleging the label pulled their music in retaliation for trying to reclaim rights to their hits ...

Troy Carter bought Pop Art Records, the Philly label behind Roxanne Shante's first diss track and Salt-N-Pepa's debut.

On January 8, 2026, the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York granted Universal Music Group’s motion to dismiss, and in so ...

A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. U.S. District Judge ...

The legal battle over one of the most iconic catalogs in hip-hop history reached a turning point this week, and it wasn’t the outcome Salt-N-Pepa were hoping for. On Thursday, […] ...

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On this date 45 years ago, Blondie released “Rapture,” a genre bending single that quietly became one of the most important ...

In 2017, hip-hop became the most consumed genre in the US, and it hasn't shown any signs of slowing down. Now that we're just over the halfway mark into the 2020s, hip-hop continues to dominate with ...

Rolling Loud brings headliners Playboi Carti, Don Toliver and YoungBoy Never Broke Again to the City Beautiful May 8-10 for ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...