Get The Magazine
The best in culture from a cultural icon. Subscribe now for more from the authority on music, entertainment, politics and pop culture.
Subscribe Now
Lucian Grainge, Universal Music Group CEO has issued his first public response to Drake’s 'Not Like Us' lawsuit: 'groundless and indeed ridiculous'
Salt-N-Pepa sue Universal Music Group to reclaim rights to masters, citing Copyright Act violations, and accuse label of holding music 'hostage'
UMG says Drake's updated defamation complaint over Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' is legal "blather" and should be dismissed
Limp Bizkit’s $200 million lawsuit against Universal Music will head to trial after a federal judge denied the label’s motion to dismiss the case
Spotify won a lawsuit filed against the company last year after Spotify began to pay songwriters less after bundling music with audiobooks
A judge denied Limp Bizkit's demand to void its contract with UMG, months after the band claimed the company has withheld $200 million in royalties
Drake has withdrawn his legal petition against UMG and Spotify in relation to Kendrick Lamar's Drake-aimed diss-track “Not Like Us."
Frontman Fred Durst claimed in the suit that UMG used a system "deliberately designed to conceal artists’ royalties and keep those profits for itself"
Universal Music Group announced a deal with AI startup SoundLabs on Tuesday, with artists getting access to its voice-model tech later this summer
The decision comes three months after UMG's music was removed from the platform after the companies failed to reach a new deal
