S andra “Pepa” Denton had just removed her shoes and settled into the massage chair at the She Thing salon in Queens for what she hoped would be a relaxing pedicure when her cellphone started to buzz.

Salt-N-Pepa’s effort to regain control of their early master recordings has been temporarily halted after a federal judge dismissed their lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG). Supreme Court, ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit from hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) just notched another high-profile courtroom win, this time against hip-hop legends Salt-N-Pepa. A federal judge in New York dismissed the legendary rap duo's lawsuit ...

NEW YORK — A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ...

NEW YORK — A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ...

Salt-N-Pepa lost their copyright lawsuit against UMG but promised to keep fighting for ownership of their music and the rights of other artists. Salt-N-Pepa lost a major legal fight against Universal ...