Anderson .Paak and Cordae built "A Good Day" on a Bill Withers master and a Withers and Scarborough composition. Here is how artists clear both sides, what owners ask for, and when a replay beats the original.

A Seat at the Table turns 10 on Sept. 30. How Solange built it, how Syd, Jhené Aiko and Joyce Wrice carried it forward, her full discography, and what her new band rehearsal shows.

After a country crossover that gave him his highest-charting album, BigXthaPlug is back on Southern rap footing. Better Over Time arrives October 30, led by "LITE" with Belly Gang Kushington.

JMSN's options after a taxpayer-funded Trump ad used "Love Me," a ruling that narrows the Drakeo the Ruler estate's case before trial, OutKast's fight with Ovrkast and Erica Campbell's label suing SRG over royalty statements.

PJ spent six years writing about one man. On the J. Cole-produced “Two Steps,” the first thing she walks away from is her own habit of going back.

Hillary Scott wrote it after a Bible story about a woman healed by touching a hem. Boyz II Men brought 37 years of harmony to finish it.

Grammy winner Durand Bernarr takes his Big Sean collaboration "Waiting" outside with a 2000s-styled party video, released Friday (Sept 25) from his May album BERNARR.

Jamaican dancehall artist 1Ski OG introduces the full range of his sound on his 15-track debut album, Alter Ego, led by the Sortie-assisted "The Lord."

Polo G quietly adds another record to a busy 2026 with "Still Standing," a surprise solo single accompanied by a stripped-down performance video.

Trippie Redd is extending his NDA era with the 21-date Non-Disclosure Agreement Tour, opening Nov. 2 in Minneapolis and closing Dec. 22 in San Antonio.

Young Thug's new holding company promises artists and athletes equity instead of endorsement checks. His own contracts, and a $394 million label sale that listed him as roster, frame why he is pitching it now.

Eleven weeks after Jermaine Dupri sued Sony for $18 million in unreported royalties, the Watler brothers of Home Team sued him, Jacquees and Mass Appeal over a 1992 song, and they want the same accounting he demanded.