Universal's Delaware complaint targets the distributor, not the uploader, over sped-up, slowed and copycat tracks. Here is what it alleges, what it leaves out, and what it means for independent rap and R&B artists.

Gucci Mane's Against All Odds and Nao's Autumn both went live on Friday (Oct 16). Here is the weekend catch-up, from Meek Mill's five-minute single to Fireboy DML's fifth album.

HABIBTI jumped 35-1 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, breaking a tie with Future and The Temptations, whose record dated to July 1966.

A day after his 60th birthday, Eric Benét released "Heaven" and announced We Need Everybody, a live-band album due this fall on the label he owns.

Angie Stone's Mahogany Soul turns 25 today, the first milestone without her. Its staying power came from "Brotha" and a club anthem she almost refused to record.

Nas confirmed he is recording and posted a statement about an industry that does not pay the people who built it. Hit-Boy says their run is over, and no title or date has been announced.

Remy Ma's new video for “Rem The Pen” puts her Alimony EP's most talked-about couplet on screen: a closed door for Nicki Minaj and a roll call for the women who stood with her.

Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony call their new single a "massive joy bomb." Their own history explains why a feel-good song can double as a protest against despair.

Lucky Daye opens his Warner era with ALOUD!, Tinie Tempah folds three EPs into The Night's Not Dead, Z-Ro and Fredo Bang keep Southern rap moving, K. Michelle goes country with Jesus & Whiskey, and Killah Priest sells Swift As Light 2 in limited physical runs only.

The writers of DJ Jimi's "Bitches (Reply)" ended their suit over "Stargazing" and "Til Further Notice" without prejudice, and no court ever ruled on whether nine shouted "alrights" can be owned.

Paris, Milan, Sofia and Katowice are off Erykah Badu's One Human Show tour, Basel now closes the run tonight, and the shows that did happen were less improvised than billed.

UMG pushed out Tunji Balogun and Nicole Wyskoarko on the same day a judge spelled out what Chance the Rapper's manager owed him. Here is the week in hip-hop business, and what artists should take from it.