but the trailblazing rap duo is also waging a major legal battle to reclaim the rights to their music catalog. Cheryl James and Sandra Denton, known famously as Salt-N-Pepa, filed a lawsuit on ...

Salt-N-Pepa wants the rights to their music’s masters. On Monday, the rap duo — Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton — sued Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the label of ...

Still, they’ve had to battle to be taken seriously—first ... from major streaming platforms. According to Salt-N-Pepa’s legal team, the takedown was a calculated attack to devalue their ...

Salt-N-Pepa will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year. The lawsuit is another high-profile legal battle for Universal Music Group. In March the company filed a motion to dismiss ...

Salt-N-Pepa launched a legal battle against UMG on Monday (May 19) in New York federal court, accusing the music giant of refusing to return control of their classic recordings and deliberately ...

Cheryl James and Sandra Denton of Salt-N-Pepa (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Sam Aronov) Iconic hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa has launched a powerful legal challenge against Universal Music Group ...

Hip-Hop trailblazers Salt-N-Pepa are taking on one of the music industry’s most powerful entities, Universal Music Group (UMG), in a legal battle over the rights to their master recordings.

Seemingly in response to the legal battle, UMG has pulled Salt-N-Pepa’s early music from streaming services. Right now, the group’s first three albums are unavailable on Spotify, and the only ...

Sandra Denton and Cheryl James of legendary hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa are suing Universal Music ... tolerate disrespect” from the label. The legal paperwork, which was obtained by TheWrap, ...

Salt-N-Pepa wants their master recordings back ... from commercial use “malicious” and calculated over their legal battle. UMG, on the other hand, deemed the recordings “works made for ...

“Salt-N-Pepa’s own legal filings demonstrate the repeated attempts we have made to resolve this matter amicably (including offers to enter into a mediation) ever since the artists served an ...