Salt-N-Pepa Sue UMG
You’re Taking The Cash,
However Our Document Deal Is Expired!!!
Revealed
A lot of Salt-N-Pepa’s music was pulled from streaming companies final week, and it seems the legendary hip hop trio has a severe bone to choose with Common Music Group!!!
TMZ Hip Hop obtained authorized docs filed by Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton demanding UMG adjust to the termination of their contract, per Part 203 of the American Copyright Act, which returns SNP the rights to tune recordings after time.
In accordance with the criticism, UMG has refused to cooperate with the “Push It” rappers since 2002 … not leading to income loss, however stopping them from coming into a brand new settlement with a brand new social gathering to license the recordings.
Moreover, Salt-N-Pepa claims UMG is impeding their proper to advertise and generate income off the recordings themselves. SNP are in search of a minimum of $1 million in damages, a declaratory judgment, and a everlasting injunction that blocks UMG from distributing their music with no license going ahead.
UMG has been underneath hearth from heavy hitters as of late … Drake and Limp Bizkit even have present lawsuits towards the label.
SNP went tremendous viral with a Geico business a decade in the past — you gotta suppose they’d wish to make the most of extra of these offers!!!
We reached out to UMG for remark … no phrase again but.
