S andra “Pepa” Denton had just removed her shoes and settled into the massage chair at the She Thing salon in Queens for what she hoped would be a relaxing pedicure when her cellphone started to buzz.

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A federal judge agreed with Universal Music Group that the hip-hop act never owned the copyrights to its earliest work. By Emmanuel Morgan The hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa cannot regain the copyrights to ...

Universal Music Group (UMG) just notched another high-profile courtroom win, this time against hip-hop legends Salt-N-Pepa. A federal judge in New York dismissed the legendary rap duo's lawsuit ...

NEW YORK — A federal judge has dismissed the pioneering hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit to reclaim ownership of their master recordings from Universal Music Group. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote ...

UMG defeated Salt-N-Pepa’s lawsuit, marking their second major court win against high-profile rap artists. UMG scored another decisive legal victory Thursday when a federal judge dismissed Salt-N-Pepa ...

Last year, Salt-N-Pepa’s Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton filed suit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over the rights to their catalog, claiming that the label had pulled the duo’s ...

The hip-hop duo sued UMG in May 2025, alleging the label pulled their music in retaliation for trying to reclaim rights to their hits Desiree Navarro/WireImage Salt-N-Pepa's lawsuit against Universal ...

Salt-N-Pepa’s legal battle against Universal Music Group (UMG) may have reached a dead end. This week, a New York judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by group members Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra ...

A judge has rejected Salt-N-Pepa’s attempt to reclaim their masters, the Associated Press reports. Cheryl James (Salt) and Sandra Denton (Pepa) had filed a petition under the copyright act of 1976, ...