Six weeks of AI settlements turned alleged theft into a revenue line. The money lands with rightsholders. Whether it reaches artists is a contract question.

Jordin Sparks leans into a club-ready new chapter on 'We Own the Night,' a pulsating EDM collaboration with Orlando DJ Avello. The Fadi Alkhouri and Dana Thomas-directed video turns that release into a choreography-forward invitation to live in the moment.

Interscope gets the pipes. Megan keeps the masters and the publishing. Three ownership stories broke in seventy-two hours, and that is not a coincidence.

Sam Cooke's granddaughters spent years driving rideshare in Los Angeles. Their Daptone debut opens with a song about it, and it is the best argument the record makes for itself.

Gabby Samone spent American Idol proving she could level a room. On "Safe," the new single announcing her debut EP Soft Girl Era, she decides not to. Here is why that is the smarter move.

Las Vegas Monday, Los Angeles Thursday, Dallas the following week. In all three courtrooms, the state's exhibit is the defendant's own creative work.

Our Thursday roundup missed four collaborative albums that landed August 14, and together they explain what rap is doing while the charts look empty.

Tinashe's new single "Melatonin" turns a late-night mood into a sharply controlled pop statement. The song further proves that her most compelling era is not a comeback campaign, but an artist refining her instincts in public.

Busta Rhymes dropped "Talk Ya Sh*t" with Lil Wayne, the second single from an album built on 300 unreleased J Dilla beats. The real story is the archive, and who decides what comes out of it.

Honey Bxby launches her next chapter with 'A Thousand Times,' a new single featuring Grammy-nominated rapper JID. Produced by Worldwidefresh and J. White Did It, the track frames romantic fallout as a pointed, soulful exchange in which neither voice is willing to surrender the final word.

October London returns with Love Me For Me, a 10-track R&B album produced by Snoop Dogg and Soopafly. Released through Death Row Records and gamma., the project places intimacy, commitment and self-acceptance at the center of its polished soul sound.

Trippie Redd brings 25 tracks and 14 guests. Fridayy brings restraint. And Erykah Badu quietly ended a sixteen year silence on a Thursday afternoon.