News Drake’s lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ to go forward as UMG prepares motion to dismiss Lawyers for Drake are also pushing forward a separate case in Texas, alleging 'payola' payments by UMG for playing 'Not Like Us'
News Drake settles legal dispute with iHeartMedia over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ However, Drake's legal petition against Universal Music Group will remain active in a Texas court
News Apple Music launches its ‘best offer ever’ – a six-month trial for $2.99 The timing of the promotion comes as Apple Music promotes Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show performance on Sunday (February 9)
News Universal asks Texas court to dismiss Drake petition over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ UMG called Drake's petition “an apparent effort to pressure" UMG and others "to limit the distribution" of Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'
Analysis News Drake’s deal is up for renegotiation in 2025, and other revelations from his lawsuit against Universal Music Drake alleges UMG knowingly damaged his reputation and endangered his life through Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us'
News Now Drake launches full-blown defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group – read the filing here Lawsuit follows Drake's withdrawal of a previous legal petition against UMG and Spotify
News Drake drops legal action against Universal Music and Spotify over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Drake has officially withdrawn his legal petition
News Becky G’s ‘POR EL CONTRARIO’ is Vevo’s most watched music video in 2024 with 313m global views “This year’s rankings reflect the continuing globalization of music, and 2024 was a year of firsts for genres like Country, Hip-Hop and Regional Mexican..."
Analysis News From Drake’s legal action to Spotify execs’ big cash-out… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Drake and Travis Scott collaborator Cardo sells publishing catalog to Kilometre Music, as fund’s total music rights spend nears USD $150m Kilometre says that its latest acquisition covers about 350 songs
News Audio engineer marketplace EngineEars, founded by Grammy-winning MixedByAli, secures investment from LVRN co-founders, EMPIRE’s Ghazi and more EngineEars secures backing from a prominent group of new investors
News Kendrick Lamar signs exclusive, global admin deal with Universal Music Publishing Group 13-time Grammy Award-winning rapper, songwriter and producer signs deal with UMPG
News Kendrick Lamar sued for copyright infringement over Loyalty Filing alleges that the defendants 'copied the entire composition, including title, melody, harmony and rhythm'
News Hip-hop artists dominate USA’s Top Songwriters chart in first half of 2017 Metro Boomin, Kendrick Lamar and Drake all take Top 5 spots in six months to end of June
News Manny Smith named SVP of A&R at Interscope Records Smith signed Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Q and Rae Sremmurd