How Mass Appeal Turned Hip-Hop Legends Into A Long-Term Label Asset Class

In 2025, Mass Appeal launched the Legend Has It...campaign that repackages hip-hop class acts as a label asset class and long ...

Rapper Signed To Future’s Label Gunned Down In New Year’s Shooting In Dallas

ZeeTheWizard was critically injured in a New Year’s Day Dallas strip club shooting while celebrating with BigXThaPlug.
Forbes

Rapper Offset Schedules Russia Concert Despite His Label’s Boycott Of The Country After Ukraine Invasion

Rapper Offset, best known as one of the members of the rap group Migos, announced on his Instagram story he would play a show in Russia next month, three years after his label Universal Music Group ...
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Drake's Label Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar 'Not Like Us,' Claims Rapper 'Lost a Rap Battle He Provoked'

Universal Music Group is firing back at Drake after he filed a lawsuit against them for alleged defamation. After the Canadian rapper — whose real name is Aubrey Graham — sued the record label for ...
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The Game’s Manager Slams Report That Rapper’s Record Label Has Been Seized to Pay Accuser

*The Game’s manager, Wack 100, has responded to the news that the hip-hop star lost his record label and his album “Born to Rap” in a lawsuit tied to a sexual assault case. According to court ...
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Coi Leray Questions Whether Record Labels Are Behind The “Beef” Amongst Female Rappers

Coi Leray believes that record labels are to blame for the rise in disputes amongst female rap artists. On Saturday (April 27), the “Players” rapper took to X, formerly Twitter, to share her theory ...
Reuters

Rapper Nas emerges from drama with label debut

NEW YORK (Billboard) - When Nas and Jay-Z set aside their feud and joined forces last October, it was a great moment for hip-hop, but an even greater moment for Nas. Having been Columbia's staple rap ...
Complex

Coi Leray Speculates That Labels Instigate Beef Between Women Rappers

Coi Leray seems perplexed as to why so many women rappers have bad blood. The “No More Parties” rapper took to X over the weekend to share her thoughts on the topic and named what she thinks is to ...
ABC News

Rappers Adopt Stricter Warning Labels

N E W   Y O R K, June 15 -- They may not clean up their language, but top-name rappers say they'll make it easier for parents to know what their kids are listening to. An initiative to display ...
Reuters

Rapper LL Cool J heads toward label "Exit"

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Veteran rapper LL Cool J is gearing up to release his final album on Def Jam, the label he helped turn into a hip-hop powerhouse more than 20 years ago. "Exit 13," set for ...
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Drake's Label Seeks Dismissal of Lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar 'Not Like Us,' Claims Rapper 'Lost a Rap Battle He Provoked'

In a motion filed on Monday, March 17, Universal Music Group fired back at the Canadian rapper calling his allegations “meritless” Universal Music Group is firing back at Drake after he filed a ...