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 ...

By Rachel Scharf Salt-N-Pepa is taking Universal Music Group (UMG) to court to regain control of the duo’s masters, alleging in a new lawsuit that the record label is refusing to honor copyright ...

In a 166-page lawsuit, Salt-N-Pepa, whose real names are Cheryl James and Sandra Denton, accused Universal of violating federal copyright law by not surrendering its ownership of the master ...

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 ...

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.

Salt-N-Pepa filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), claiming that the label is violating copyright law by not giving the rights back to the group. The Associated Press reports that ...

Salt-N-Pepa are telling their record label not to push it as they fight for the rights to their music. The groundbreaking duo behind hip-hop classics including 1983's “Shoop” and 1987's “Push It” say ...

Salt-N-Pepa filed a lawsuit to get the duo's music masters back from its record label UMG, saying the company is violating copyright law.

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 ...

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 ...