On May 19, 2025, rap pioneers Salt-N-Pepa officially entered legal combat with Universal Music Group (UMG), filing a federal lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their iconic catalog—including genera ...

Salt-N-Pepa’s attorneys reject that interpretation, saying the contracts clearly show the duo was never hired under that arrangement. The trailblazing pair—who burst onto the scene from Queens, New ...

By Emmanuel Morgan Salt-N-Pepa, the first female hip-hop group to win a Grammy, has sued Universal Music Group for the rights to the master recordings of its earliest music, including the 1980s ...

Salt-N-Pepa are telling their record label not to push it as they fight for the rights to their music. The groundbreaking duo behind hip-hop classics including 1993’s “Shoop” and 1987’s ...

On May 19, 2025, the revolutionary female hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa, made up of Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandra "Pepa" Denton, sued Universal Music Group. The complaint, as per People Magazine, said that ...

Salt-N-Pepa signed with Next Plateau Records and released their debut album Hot, Cool & Vicious in 1986. Next Plateau was an independent label at the time, and it’s now under the banner of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sandra Denton (Pepa), from left, DJ Spinderella ...

Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton, the founding members of Salt-N-Pepa, filed a copyright lawsuit against Universal Music Group on Monday (May 19) per the Associated Press ...

Salt-N-Pepa are telling their record label not to push it as they fight for the rights to their music. The groundbreaking duo behind hip-hop classics, including 1983's "Shoop" and 1987's "Push It ...

FILE - Sandra Denton (Pepa), from left, DJ Spinderella, and Cheryl James (Salt) attend a ceremony honoring Salt-N-Pepa with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 ...

By Rachel Scharf Salt-N-Pepa is taking Universal Music Group (UMG) to court to regain control of the duo’s masters, alleging in a new lawsuit that the record label is refusing to honor copyright ...