A federal judge agreed with Universal Music Group that the hip-hop act never owned the copyrights to its earliest work.

Salt-N-Pepa are battling UMG for their master recordings, but the label claims the rap duo never actually held the copyrights. The group served a termination notice ...

Veteran rappers Salt-N-Pepa sued Universal Music Group last May, claiming the label blocked their attempts to exercise their ‘termination rights’ to reclaim their early recordings. However, this week ...