Salt-N-Pepa’s UMG termination-rights lawsuit has been dismissed

Veteran rappers Salt-N-Pepa sued Universal Music Group last May, claiming the label blocked their attempts to exercise their ‘termination rights’ to reclaim their early recordings. However, this week the case has been dismissed. Why? Because the judge agreed with UMG’s argument that Salt-N-Pepa’s original deal was signed with the company owned by their producer, Hurby ‘Luv Bug’ Azor, […] The post is from Music Ally.