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Judge dismisses Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim master recordings from Universal Music Group

A federal judge has dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group

The Independent UK

"Did not establish that they ever owned the copyrights to their sound recordings, let alone transferred them to anyone else": Salt-N-Pepa lose battle over ownership of masters to Universal

Label had withdrawn their first three albums from streaming

MusicRadar

Jack White shares parable about God as White Stripes are inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Meg White did not attend the ceremony in Los Angeles, which also saw Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Salt-N-Pepa, Soundgarden and Warren Zevon inducted

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All of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2025 inductees and how they were honoured by the music world

Outkast, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden and The White Stripes were among the acts whose careers were celebrated

The Independent UK

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony is this weekend. Who's getting in, and who's honoring them?

Chappell Roan will induct Cyndi Lauper, and Donald Glover will induct Outkast at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday

The Independent UK

Salt-N-Pepa sue Universal over ownership of master recordings

Push It hitmakers Sandra Denton and Cheryl James claim Universal is blocking the return of their copyright, but label claims it has repeatedly attempted a resolution

The Guardian - UK

Salt-N-Pepa sue record label over rights to catalogue, including ‘Push It’

The groundbreaking duo want to reclaim the rights to their recordings, including “Push It” and “Shoop”

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Salt-N-Pepa sue record label to reclaim rights to their recordings including 'Push It'

Salt-N-Pepa want to reclaim the rights to their recordings including “Push It” and “Shoop,” and they're suing their record label to get them

The Independent UK

‘I was the only person who didn’t know the words to Coldplay’: Anoushka Shankar’s honest playlist

The musician on her love of cheesy R&B, hating karaoke ‘with a fiery passion’, and the people who have sex to her sister Norah Jones’s music

The Guardian - UK

The Best '80s-Style Haircuts to Emulate

It's not all about big hair, we promise.

Marie Claire

"He transformed a piece of samba-flecked elevator music into one of the hardest hip-hop tracks of all time": 10 genius moments in hip-hop sampling history, featuring J Dilla, DJ Premier and more

We spin the record back on ten hip-hop tracks that show samplists at the peak of their powers

MusicRadar

Now That’s What I Call Music! 10 writers on their first ever Now! album

A formidable collaboration between the major music labels of the Eighties birthed this iconic compilation series. Forty years on and the genre-hopping records remain a bellwether of mainstream music for pop historians to come. Below, 10 Independent writers wax lyrical about their first Now! album and what it means to…

The Independent UK

City Girls' uninhibited rap made them. On their third album, 'RAW,' the duo evolves their sound

You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls, bringing life-affirming, pretty-girl scam rap to the masses

The Independent UK

What to stream this week: The Rolling Stones, John le Carré, 'Living for the Dead' and Harry Bosch

This week’s new entertainment releases include a Rolling Stones album, a revealing documentary about spy novelist John le Carré and “Living for the Dead,” a new Hulu series that's like “Queer Eye” meets “Ghost Hunters.”

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‘It was freaking bananas!’: rap luminaries on the defining moments from 50 years of hip-hop

From Brooklyn block parties to globe-trotting glory, some of the biggest names in hip-hop share their personal highlights from five decades of rap, rebellion and raising the roof

The Independent UK

Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl James claims she was ‘asked to have an abortion’ to preserve her career

Hip-hop duo appeared on the ‘Tamron Hall Show’ to speak about the music industry’s treatment of women

Los Angeles Times

Missed the 2023 Grammys? These are the 6 must-see moments, from Beyoncé to Bad Bunny

LOS ANGELES — Former “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah led viewers through the 2023 Grammys in its star-studded return to Los Angeles on Sunday.

Los Angeles Times

Hip-hop’s greats unite to salute the genre’s 50th anniversary at 2023 Grammys

LOS ANGELES — Once shunned by the Recording Academy, the 2023 Grammy Awards paid homage to 50 years of hip-hop history on Sunday with performances by influential artists from the genre’s past, present and future.

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