Drake’s legal battle with UMG is unlike anything we’ve seen in the modern rap era. The Toronto superstar filed a civil defamation lawsuit against the label in January 2025, claiming they had backed ...

Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit says the women’s agreements with the label make it very clear that they were not. The Queens, New York, duo of James and Denton became Salt-N-Pepa in 1985. They were ...

In response to the lawsuit, Salt-N-Pepa claims UMG retaliated by pulling their music from streaming platforms, accusing the label of intentionally harming their legacy and cutting off access for fans.

Hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) in New York federal court on Monday, May 19. In the suit, Sandra "Pepa" Denton and Cheryl "Salt" James claimed that the ...

The lawsuit suggests that situations like Salt-N-Pepa’s are the very reason the provision of the copyright act exists. It allows artists who made deals “at the beginning of their careers ...

Now, Salt-N-Pepa are suing UMG over the rights to their music. Salt-N-Pepa’s UMG lawsuit isn’t anything like Drake’s one. As the Associated Press reports, Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra ...

The lawsuit suggests that situations like Salt-N-Pepa's are the very reason the provision of the copyright act exists. It allows artists who made deals “at the beginning of their careers” when ...

Cheryl James and Sandra Denton, known famously as Salt-N-Pepa, filed a lawsuit on Monday, May 19, in New York federal court against Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the label of refusing to ...

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 ...