Hip-hop streaming platform Spinrilla is liable for copyright infringement by its users, a Georgia federal judge has ruled in a big win for music rightsholders. By Ashley Cullins Senior Business Editor ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - In an ironic form of poetic justice, a Kanye West and Jay-Z song titled "Made in America" has inspired a federal copyright lawsuit by a self-described "humble musician of modest means ...

It was the best of hip-hop times. It was the worst of hip-hop times. Ha! 2025 was a rollercoaster of rap music’s highs and lows. The duality was so real. I can’t recall a year with such a wide array ...

A lawsuit has been filed against Chicago native and rapper Common for copyright infringement over a song that was featured on his 1992 debut Can I Borrow A Dollar? The track, titled “Take it EZ,” ...

The Columbus, Ohio-based MC Copywrite (sometimes Copywrite 78) is best known, perhaps, to underground hip-hop diehards as a former member of the Weathermen, alongside Cage and the late Camu Tao (RIP).

On February 28, Columbus, Ohio-bred MC Peter Nelson a.k.a. Copywrite drops what he bluntly says is “my best album” with his latest release God Save the King. The project will have two different ...

DJs illegally powered their equipment using public street lights, scratching sampled music for MCs while kids breakdanced in the streets and graffiti artists tagged them when the party was over – ...

From Clipse to Metro Boomin and Cardi B, the year was full of memorable rap songs that expanded and experimented with the ...

(Reuters) - Viacom Inc and the creators of "Love & Hip Hop" have won the dismissal of a federal lawsuit claiming they stole the idea for the popular VH1 reality TV franchise. In a decision made public ...