Russell Simmons can’t leave the music business alone. The Def Jam Records co-founder, is launching a new label, All Def Music, that will mine for talent on YouTube. Uncle Rush’s partners in his latest venture include Loud Records founder Steve Rifkind and film director/producer Brian Robbins.
When Jay-Z rapped, “Baby I’m a boss, I dunno what they do, I don’t get dropped, I dropped the label,” on The Blueprint 3‘s “On To The Next One,” he wasn’t kidding. Hova announced today that Roc Nation has partnered with the Universal Music Group to become a standalone label. Rihanna and Jay-Z’s new albums will […]
In its quest to remain the world’s largest music company, Universal Music Group’s (UMG) $1.9 billion acquisition of rival British company EMI was approved by European regulators, yet pares down the original ambitious terms of the deal. With both companies known as part of the “big four” record labels along with Sony BMG and Warner Music […]
Writer Henry Adaso found himself in the sights of Universal Music Group’s legal team after writing a review for Drake’s sophomore smash album Take Care for the website About.com, which was eventually removed for what the label charged as “copyright infringement.” Adaso alleges that the powerful record company, which also serves as the parent base […]
New York rapper Azealia Banks is not shy when it comes to expressing herself, so when asked about her s*xual preference she held nothing back. The Harlem-bred beauty spoke to the New York Times about her budding career, and like Nicki Minaj before her, Banks casually admitted to going both ways. “I’m not trying to […]
Playboy the American men’s magazine empire is making an unexpected move and filing a lawsuit against Drake. The rapper’s #1 hit record “Best I Ever Had” is earning him more than just platinum plaques and will force him to face a possible court date now that Hugh Hefner’s signature company has filed a copyright infringement […]
Bobby Ray better known to the world as B.O.B., is making huge strides in the Hip-Hop world especially now that the Grand Hustle artist has landed a worldwide publishing deal. Universal Music Publishing group is announcing plans to work with the artist through a worldwide co-publishing agreement. The agreement encompasses B.o.B.’s platinum selling debut album, […]
After being a victim to a shooting involving rapper Remy Ma, Makeda Barnes-Joseph is now looking to find retribution for the 2007 incident. The shooting left her being shot twice in the stomach, by her former friend over a financial dispute. Making the allegations that the rapper’s label promotes violence and also failed to act […]
In light of the looming economy and the rise of Internet downloads, Universal Records is announcing plans to lower the price of new releases. The record company’s sales have dropped an estimated 16% in 2010 alone based largely on the sale of digital albums on ITunes and Amazon. In order to compete with the digital […]
Music labels are teaming with Apple Inc. on a hush-hush new project. A source leaked information about the new project, code name “Cocktail,” on Monday. Project “Cocktail” is a plan to make enhanced albums that will work with a new tablet PC from Apple. Instead of the normal multi-track albums consumers are used to, they […]
Pat Bev unleashed some high-level hate towards sworn enemy Chris Paul, and Twitter can't seem to get enough of it.
One of Los Angeles Lakers' superstar LeBron James' most sought-after kicks will finally be available to the public.
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