Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group over control over their master recordings, including hits like 1987’s “Push It ...

Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit against Universal Music Group over control over their master recordings, including hits like 1987’s “Push It,” has been dismissed by a New York judge. Cheryl “Salt” James and ...

On Jan. 8, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in the Southern District of New York dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's complaint. A federal judge has dismissed pioneering hip-hop duo Salt‑N‑Pepa’s lawsuit against ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Salt-N-Pepa’s Sandra “Pepa” Denton and Cheryl “Salt” James, November 2025 (Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images) Last year, ...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal court on Thursday rejected pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa's bid to reclaim copyrights from Universal Music Group (UMG.AS), opens new tab for their hit song ...

A judge has rejected Salt-N-Pepa’s attempt to reclaim their masters, the Associated Press reports. Cheryl James (Salt) and Sandra Denton (Pepa) had filed a petition under the copyright act of 1976, ...

Last year, Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton filed suit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over the rights to their catalog, claiming that the label had pulled the duo’s ...

Salt-N-Pepa’s legal battle against Universal Music Group (UMG) may have reached a dead end. This week, a New York judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by group members Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra ...

A federal judge agreed with Universal Music Group that the hip-hop act never owned the copyrights to its earliest work. By Emmanuel Morgan The hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa cannot regain the copyrights to ...

U.S. District Judge Denise Cote on Thursday sided with the recording giant, arguing that the Grammy-winning group never owned the copyrights to their sound recordings and didn't transfer them to ...

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by rap pioneers Salt-N-Pepa against their record label over ownership of their master recordings. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote decided in favor of ...