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Begging the Public for Help, Iconic Hip-Hop Reporter Dee Barnes Faces Homelessness
Desperate for help, Dee Barnes’ GoFundMe page has now surpassed its $5,000 goal. Nineteen years ago, Dee Barnes, a hip-hop reporter and former TV host, portrayed Dr. Dre and N.W.A. in a negative light. She ran a segment about the popular rap group on F…
Pushing Back Against Atlantic Records’ Alleged Ban, Lil Uzi Vert Leaks Own His Latest Single
Atlantic Records and Generation Now reportedly aren’t too happy with Lil Uzi Vert following the unofficial release of ‘Free Uzi.’ Lil Uzi Vert’s relationship with his record label has seen better times. In January, the Luve Is Rage 2 rapper – real name…
Kobalt Music Group Posts 23.6% Growth in Gross Profit for 2018
The vibrant indie music scene continues to drive Kobalt’s revenue. For its fiscal year ended June 30th, 2018, Kobalt has posted some pretty impressive numbers. The independent rights management and publishing company’s revenue jumped 25.3% to $402.1 mi…
Warner Music Group Partners with Nigerian Afrobeats Label Chocolate City
WMG continues to make inroads into the growing African music market. Several weeks ago, Warner Music Group (WMG) made a key deal in the African music market. The major label group struck a deal with Boomplay, a major African streaming music and downloa…
SoundCloud Unveils Hand-Curated Playlists
Will SoundCloud’s new playlists successfully rival those on Spotify? SoundCloud has introduced a new feature, currently in beta. In response to the growing popularity of Apple Music and Spotify’s playlists, SoundCloud has started testing hand-curated p…
Warner Music Group Leads $2 Million Funding Round for Nashville Startup Artiphon
Warner Music Group’s Artiphon backing marks an interesting diversification. Artiphon wants to encourage children to pick up a musical instrument and try it out. To do so, the Nashville-based startup provides a desktop MIDI controller dubbed the Instrum…
To Combat Family Plan Subscriptions, Spotify Starts Testing Premium Duo
Will Premium Duo convince Spotify users to move away from heavily discounted family plans? Probably not, but it’s a start. Spotify Premium for Family hasn’t proven too fruitful for the company. Not for its bottom line, at least. In the company’s Q4 2…
Photographers’ Association Openly Slams Ariana Grande’s Copyright Grab
Has Ariana Grande’s fame and fortune gone to her head? Ariana Grande recently implemented new rules for her Sweetener concert tour. And, photographers, along with multiple media outlets, aren’t very too happy about it. At previous performances, photogr…
Co-Writer Behind Madonna’s Vogue Moves Forward With $500,000 Suit Against Warner/Chappell
Warner Music Group pays more to its own lawyers than it can to its songwriters. Two years ago, the co-writer behind Madonna’s ‘Vogue’ filed a lawsuit against Warner Music Group (WMG). Robert ‘Shep’ Pettibone claimed the major label illegally withheld r…