The agreement delivers new benefits for artists, songwriters and fans, while unlocking "further collaboration that expands the music ecosystem," WMG CEO Robert Kyncl says ...

It didn’t last long. In 2013, the Pulitzer Prize winner Lamar was featured on Big Sean’s “Control,” in which he called out a ...

The beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar started out in their lyrics but has gotten so big its reached the courts ...

Discover the expansion of Universal Music Group in sub-Saharan Africa. UMG VMG partners with RainLabs to support African ...

Drake is suing his record label for spreading a “false and malicious narrative” when it released and promoted Kendrick ...

The University of South Carolina School of Music’s Music Industry Studies (MIS) program, in partnership with the College of ...

Concord acquires Snow Patrol singer-songwriter and Ed Sheeran collaborator Johnny McDaid's catalog; Jamie Kinelski joins UMPG ...

By comparison, Interscope Records – which is under UMG and owns Lamar's music catalog – allegedly entered an exclusive direct licensing agreement with Lamar's independent label in 2024 ...

Drake is moving forward with his legal battle against his own record label, filing a federal lawsuit against Universal Music Group alleging it defamed him by spreading a "false and malicious ...

Cleverly dangerous lyrics' Drake's suit alleges that because the artist's current record deal with UMG is nearing expiration, the label is aiming to devalue his music – what he dubbed a bid to ...

Drake has intentionally and successfully used UMG to distribute his music and poetry to engage in conventionally outrageous back-and-forth ‘rap battles’ to express his feelings about other artists,” ...