Snoop Dogg settles with a session musician, Diddy's trial nears an end, Jay-Z's extortion lawsuit is dismissed and more in this music law news recap.

Snoop Dogg settled a copyright lawsuit brought by a session musician who said the rapper used his backing tracks on the album "BODR" without licenses.

From Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” to Sly and the Family Stone’s “Hot Fun in the Summertime” to Harry Styles’ ...

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo won best actress, having also been nominated for the BET Her award - which recognises empowering songs that focus on women - for her stellar version of Defying Gravity.

Brooks maximized his facetime with Murphy and gathered crib notes on what made Saturday Night Live sparkle, hoping to elevate ...

At Monday's (June 9) 2025 BET Awards, Snoop Dogg stood at the mountaintop while accepting the Ultimate Icon Award with his wife and Dr. Dre at his side while looking out into a room of some of the ...

Lost Highway is expanding its Nashville-based team with Casey Thomas being named vice president of marketing, and Vincent ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” ...

Before long Biggie had established himself as the face of East Coast rap, but he had a rival for the national crown: Tupac ...

Afrobeats is now a worldwide phenomenon rather than a local sound. Afrobeats has emerged as one of Africas most important cultural exports with albums on Spotify and Apple Music dominating playlists ...

Winston, 43, has won 13 Primetime Emmys. He received eight nominations in 2019 alone, which constitutes an all-time, one-year record. He was nominated that year for the Grammys, The Late Late Show ...