The women behind Salt-N-Pepa, the history-making female hip-hop group, claim that Universal Music Group has removed some of their biggest hits from streaming platforms amid a legal battle.
Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton said in a new interview with “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts that their fans are not able to hear some of their music amid the lawsuit, in which the singers claim Universal Music Group is allegedly denying them the rights to the master recordings of their early music, including hits like “Push It.”
“It just keeps us from re-releasing our music — promotin’ it,” Denton told Roberts in the interview, which aired Monday on “GMA.”
Denton and James claim that Universal is allegedly violating federal copyright law by refusing to allow them to exercise their so-called “termination rights,” which allows artists to reclaim the copyright to their original recordings after a period of time, according to the U.S. Copyright Office.
