Sandra Denton and Cheryl James of legendary hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa are suing Universal Music Group for the rights to their catalogue, saying that the label is holding their music "hostage." In a ...

and A Blitz of Salt-N-Pepa Hits (1990) are up in 2025 and that Very Necessary (1993) — which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 — is up in 2026 alongside The Greatest Hits (1991).

Cheryl James and Sandra Denton, known famously as Salt-N-Pepa, filed a lawsuit on Monday, May 19, in New York federal court against Universal Music Group (UMG), accusing the label of refusing to ...

the quintuple platinum 1993 album that includes the hits “Shoop” and “Whatta Man.” UMG argues that Salt-N-Pepa’s initial contract was a work made for hire and that the two rappers were ...

Salt-N-Pepa are telling their record label not to ... About Sex’ and ‘None of Your Business,’ for example, were huge hits. They talked candidly about women’s sexuality and empowerment ...

The hip hop duo believe they are eligible to own their own music due to the Copyright Act of 1976. Salt-N-Pepa wants their master recordings back, taking things to ...

Hip-Hop trailblazers Salt-N-Pepa are taking on one of the music industry’s most powerful entities, Universal Music Group (UMG), in a legal battle over the rights to their master recordings.

The comprehensive lawsuit outlines additional copyright reversion dates for other albums in the duo’s catalog, including Black’s Magic scheduled for November 2024, A Blitz of Salt-N-Pepa Hits ...