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Music The Grammys Allegedly Reached Out To Drake For "ICEMAN" Submissions Drake has previously declined submitting his work for Grammys consideration on multiple occasions, and UMG is allegedly pushing for a change. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 25, 2026
Music Drake's Contract With UMG Reportedly Still Unclear After New Albums New reports from The New York Times' Popcast and Ray Daniels show how Drake's record label contract with UMG is still up in the air. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2026
Music UMG Allegedly Takes Down Social Media Posts Featuring Drake's "ICEMAN" Many Drake fans took to platforms like Twitter to share their grievances with alleged UMG copyright strikes over the new album "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 18, 2026
Music Drake Reportedly Fulfilled UMG Contract By Dropping "ICEMAN" Trilogy Fans already speculated about what Drake's three new albums, including "ICEMAN," could mean for his UMG contract, as he's suing the label. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 16, 2026
Music Drake Affirms His UMG Lawsuit Is A Fight Against "The Man" On "ICEMAN" Drake's appealing a dismissed lawsuit against his label UMG for releasing Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," which Drizzy addressed on "ICEMAN." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Music Drake's Three New Albums Make Fans Question His Record Label Deal Drake's three new albums "ICEMAN," "HABIBTI," and "MAID OF HONOUR" were all released under the UMG umbrella, the parent label he's suing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 15, 2026
Music Salt-N-Pepa's Federal Recording Lawsuit Against UMG Has Been Dismissed Salt-N-Pepa's federal suit against UMG was a long battle, one that started to grow legs in 2022. However, they didn't emerge victorious. By Zachary Horvath January 09, 2026
Music Salt-N-Pepa Use Rock Hall Induction Speech To Go After UMG Salt-N-Pepa are in the middle of a legal battle with the record label over who owns the rights to their masters. By Cole Blake November 10, 2025
Music Joe Budden Thinks Lil Wayne Didn't Sell Drake His Masters Because Of A Girl Lil Wayne reportedly sold his Young Money masters to UMG for $100 million back in 2020, which also allegedly included Drake and Nicki Minaj. By Gabriel Bras Nevares November 07, 2025
Music Mal Explains Why Drake's UMG Lawsuit Isn't Over Yet Despite Judge's Dismissal Drake filed his lawsuit against Universal Music Group, earlier this year, accusing them of defamation due to Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Drake Fans Implode On One Another In Heated Spaces Chat Following UMG Loss Drake filed his lawsuit against Universal Music Group, earlier this year, accusing the company of defaming him. By Cole Blake October 14, 2025
Music Drake Targets UMG Executives Directly As Discovery Requests Continue To Pile Up Drake has been suing Universal Music Group for defamation over the company's alleged promotion of Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake August 19, 2025
Music DJ Akademiks Compares Drake & UMG Battle To Colin Kaepernick & The NFL With Harsh Remarks Including Kap’s Wife Nessa Diab DJ Akademiks has been a vocal supporter of Drake throughout his rap beefs with Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, and Future. By Bryson "Boom" Paul August 18, 2025
Music Drake Wants UMG To Clarify Dave Free’s Relationship To Kendrick Lamar’s Children Recently, Drake requested various documents from Universal Music Group amid his legal battle with the company. By Caroline Fisher August 13, 2025
Music Drake Asks UMG To Provide Any Documents Related To Domestic Violence Claims Against Kendrick Lamar Drake made the request in a motion regarding his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake August 13, 2025
Music J. Cole's Manager Ibrahim Hamad Clarifies New Dreamville Deal After JID & Bas' Sale Comments JID and Bas praised J. Cole for sharing a piece of Dreamville's UMG deal with its artists, and cofounder Ibrahim "Ib" Hamad explained it more. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 09, 2025
Music Drake's Motion To Subpoena Kojo Menne Asamoah In UMG Lawsuit Granted Drake is suing Universal Music Group for defamation while alleging the company artificially boosted the success of "Not Like Us." By Cole Blake August 07, 2025
Music Salt-N-Pepa Call Out UMG As Fiery Legal Battle Continues Salt-N-Pepa have filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group in an effort to regain control of their master recordings. By Cole Blake August 04, 2025
Original Content Different Gods: Kendrick Lamar & Drake’s Two Versions Of Hip Hop Power Drake & Kendrick shaped a generation of Hip Hop, each pushing the genre in radically different directions. By Erika Marie July 20, 2025
Music UMG Motions To Dismiss Salt-N-Pepa's Lawsuit Over Masters Ownership Salt-N-Pepa first brought this lawsuit against Universal Music Group in May, seeking control of their master recordings. By Devin Morton July 18, 2025
Music UMG Attempts To Explain Kendrick Lamar’s “Certified Pedophiles” Drake Diss In Court Universal Music Group is trying to get Drake's latest amendment to his defamation lawsuit dismissed in court. By Cole Blake June 30, 2025
Music UMG Wants To Be Removed From Sara Rivers' Diddy Lawsuit Sara Rivers originally filed a lawsuit against Diddy back in February, accusing him of alleged sexual harassment and more. By Cole Blake June 24, 2025
Music UMG Nearly Axed Pop Smoke Album Due To A Pusha T Bar They Believed Was About Drake We have come to learn that Pusha T has not had the easiest time with labels agreeing to his wants on his projects and now his features too. By Zachary Horvath June 03, 2025

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