Here’s a music industry newsflash: everybody hates Spotify’s cut-rate ‘bundled’ royalty payments — except for Spotify.

Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment and Spotify, the world's most popular audio ...

NEW YORK – Canadian rapper Drake sued his long-time label on Jan 15, accusing Universal Music Group (UMG) of defamation for promoting American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s hit song Not Like Us ...

In a high-stakes legal battle, Drake has filed a federal lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the label of defamation and negligence in connection with the release of Kendrick ...

Both Drake and Kendrick have been putting out music with UMG and its subsidiaries for over a decade, but Drake’s contract expires this year. “Not Like Us” explicitly accuses Drake of being a ...

Drake sues his own label for defamation over Kendrick Lamar diss track - Drake is accusing Universal Music Group of spreading the ‘false and malicious narrative’ that he is a pedophile ...

Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: A Brief History Of A Beef On Wednesday, the Toronto rapper filed a defamation and harassment suit accusing Universal Music Group (UMG) of spreading the false narrative ...

HILVERSUM, Netherlands, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Further to UMG's statement of 9 November 2024, UMG announced today that Pershing Square (together with certain of its affiliates ...

“Even though UMG enriched itself and its shareholders by exploiting Drake’s music for years, and knew that the salacious allegations against Drake were false, UMG chose corporate greed over the safety ...

The Canadian superstar just filed a new suit in New York City, claiming that UMG’s promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s mega-hit “Not Like Us” helped to push a “false and malicious narrative” that labels the ...

As for a potential motive for the promotion of the song, the lawsuit claims UMG did so to “devalue Drake’s music and brand” so that “UMG would gain leverage to force Drake to sign a new ...

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