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Universal Music Group the label giant behind Taylor Swift, Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more is suddenly at the center of one of the biggest potential deals in music history. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman, through his hedge fund Pershing Square, has made a €55 billion ($60B+) takeover offer for the company, aiming to merge it with…
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There was a time when a feature was just that a guest verse, a moment, an add-on. In African music today, it’s something else entirely. It’s strategy. It’s expansion. It’s currency. Collaboration has become one of the most powerful engines behind African music’s global ascent not just creatively, but commercially and culturally. The right feature…
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Rapper Offset has been hospitalized after being shot outside a casino in Florida, in an incident that is still under active investigation. The shooting occurred on April 6, 2026, at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, specifically near the valet area. According to early reports, the incident happened in the evening,…
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There was a time when African artists were told quietly, consistently to adjust. Smooth out the edges. Translate the language. Fit the format. Global success, the thinking went, required a kind of cultural compromise. What’s happened instead is the opposite. African music didn’t dilute itself to reach the world it doubled down on who it…
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The business of music just collided again with the reality of reputation. Pepsi has officially withdrawn its sponsorship of London’s Wireless Festival after Kanye West was announced as the headline act for all three nights, turning what should have been a major cultural moment into a flashpoint for controversy. The decision didn’t happen in isolation.…
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The tension between old school and new school isn’t new. Every era of music has felt it the quiet resistance, the debates over authenticity, the question of who’s carrying the culture forward and who’s redefining it. But in African music right now, that tension feels less like a divide and more like a conversation. Because…
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Cardi B has secured another courtroom victory this time in a high-stakes copyright battle tied to one of her biggest recent records. A U.S. federal judge has dismissed the $50 million copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the rapper over her 2024 single Enough (Miami), bringing an end at least for now to a case that…
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Hollywood may have been searching for its next guaranteed blockbuster engine until now. Mario Kart Galaxy has stormed the global box office with a $370 million+ debut, instantly positioning itself as one of the biggest openings in recent Hollywood history and a defining moment for franchise filmmaking in 2026. The numbers alone tell a story…
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As the Live Nation antitrust trial continues to pull back the curtain on the live music business, one thing is becoming clearer: touring once the lifeblood of an artist’s career is now a complicated, often exhausting necessity. Behind the headlines and legal arguments, artists themselves have been saying the same thing for years, just in…
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Universal Music Group’s high-profile legal battle with Believe and TuneCore has officially come to a close but the issues it exposed are far from over. The music giant has settled its $500 million lawsuit against the distribution platforms, ending a case that centered on what UMG described as large-scale copyright infringement involving fake or manipulated…