Universal Music Group has taken action against Drake by requesting that the lawsuit he filed be dismissed based on protected free speech.

UMG called Drake’s petition “an apparent effort to pressure” UMG and others “to limit the distribution” of Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’.

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LiAngelo Ball announced on social media Wednesday that the music video for his song, "Tweaker," would be released at noon ET on Thursday. The

Universal Music Group claims that Drake has a "lack of evidence" to support his claim that the company botch "Not Like Us" streams.

It’s official: as MBW reported earlier, Spotify and Universal Music Group have inked a new multi-year licensing agreement. Both sides of the deal have now confirmed their fresh alliance.

Spotify and Universal Music Group have announced a new, multi-year direct licensing pact that will cover the United States and several other companies, according to a Sunday release. "When we first presented our vision for the next stage in the evolution of music subscription several months ago -- Steaming 2.

Spotify and Universal have reached a multi-year publishing agreement, which will see new subscription tiers and a richer content catalogue.

On Feb. 9, there’s a strong chance that Kendrick Lamar will walk onto the stage at the Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans, and call Drake a pedophile in front of hundreds of millions of viewers.

Spotify's new direct deal with the Universal Music Group is good news for publishers and songwriters. Will other companies get to benefit as well?

A judge dismissed the lawsuit on Wednesday, months after Spotify was sued for lowering royalties to songwriters after it introduced an audiobook bundle to its premium tier