The Estate of 2Pac and Other UMG Artists Are Suing Over Master Recordings Destroyed in ’08 Warehouse Fire Keenan Higgins June 24, 2019 Digital Entertainment, featured, Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News The original report detailing the 2008 fire at Universal Studios that ruined some of the "most historically significant material owned by UMG," according to The New York Times, has rocked the music industry for... Read Article
10 Classic Rap Videos We Hope Get Remastered By YouTube and Universal Music Group Keenan Higgins June 22, 2019 Digital Entertainment, Exclusives, featured, Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop Music Videos | Official Videos and Performances, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories This week it was reported by The New York Times that YouTube and Universal Music Group would be joining to give some of our favorite classic music videos the remastering treatment. With a time span that goes fr... Read Article
Lil Wayne Settles His Lawsuit With Cash Money Records Corey Copeland June 7, 2018 Uncategorized Tha Carter V may arrive soon as fans and Lil Wayne can now rejoice. The longstanding lawsuit between himself and his record labels has reportedly reached a settlement. Ultimately, Wayne walks away with more tha... Read Article
Source Exclusive: Universal Music VP of Urban Catalog Andre Torres Talks Kicks, Culture and the ‘Urban Legends’ of Vinyl Keenan Higgins May 21, 2018 Exclusives, Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, Hip Hop Footwear | Trending Sneakers, Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop Style | Latest Trends in Fashion and Footwear, Interview, Sneakers Any self-respecting music fan understands the significance, importance and just straight up awe that comes with the words Universal Music Enterprises — a company with decades worth of classic records at their d... Read Article
Universal Music Group Opens Investigation into Charlie Walk Sexual Harassment Allegations sourcestaff January 30, 2018 Digital Entertainment, Her Source Words by Roman White Music executive for Universal Music Group and judge on The Four: Battle for Stardom Charlie Walk, is being investigated by the Universal for allegations of sexual harassment and miscon... Read Article
Universal Music Group Makes Licensing Deal That Allows Facebook and Instagram users to Use Songs in Videos sourcestaff December 23, 2017 Digital Entertainment, Tech News, Technology, Uncategorized Words by Comfort Nnana Kalu Many social media users have struggled with copyrighting as a user can make a video to upload on Facebook and Instagram with music and then in an hour see a message saying that th... Read Article
Prince Estate Selects Universal to Manage NPG Records Catalog, Music Set to Stream Sunday Tiffany Hamilton February 10, 2017 Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Music legend Prince may have been known for fighting against the record companies owning rights to his music, but after an extensive bidding war, it looks like one has won the licensing battle. According to ... Read Article
Spotify Strikes Back: Less Promotion Given To Apple Music Exclusive Artist! Sheme Watson August 30, 2016 Tech Although Spotify says it isn't true, multiple executives states otherwise. Various major label executives has accused Spotify of sabotaging artists that have inked Apple Music exclusives. The streaming giant ha... Read Article
Cash Money Has Signed With Apple Music!! Sheme Watson August 16, 2016 Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Apple Music has been known to sign high profile artist; most notably Drake. Now Apple has signed and entire label! That's right, Cash Money Records has inked an exclusive deal with Apple Music, according to Bir... Read Article
Lil Wayne Files $40M Lawsuit Against Universal Music Group, Says He Was Not Paid For Discovering Drake, Nicki Minaj & Tyga Rocko Rathon March 29, 2016 feature, featured, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories Lil Wayne’s lawsuit against Cash Money Records C.E.O. Bryan “Birdman” Williams for $51 million shook up the Hip Hop world when first announced and though the pair have popped up in photos together and are clear... Read Article
Universal Music Group And iHeart Radio To Sponsor “Virtual Reality” Concerts In 2016 Sha Be Allah January 7, 2016 Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, News Exclusives, Tech, Tech News, Technology, Technology News | Digital Culture Music distribution giant Universal Music Group and popular music streaming service iHeart Radio announced today at the CES in Las Vegas that the two companies will merge to bring music fans a series of "virtual... Read Article
San Fran Investigates Use of Graffiti to Promote New Justin Bieber Album Sha Be Allah December 29, 2015 Art/Design, featured, Hip Hop Art and Design | Urban Arts, Hip Hop Culture | Hip Hop Arts and Lifestyle, Hip Hop Lifestyle News | Culture Trends, Hip Hop News | Trending Hip Hop Stories, News Exclusives Did Justin Beiber hire a new street team that keeps it gully and is now killing the streets with graff promoting his new album? Well, yes. After weeks of complaints from San Francisco residents, City Atto... Read Article
Up & Comer David Morin Releases the Visuals for “Life Goes On” April Dawn April 20, 2015 Hip Hop Music | Listen To and Download Hip Hop Tracks, Hip Hop Music Videos | Official Videos and Performances David Morin's mellow vocals are a sharp juxtaposition for a complexly-themed record and video. ... Read Article