Black Sheep Is Suing Universal Music For $750 Million

On this episode of Ambrosia For Heads' What's The Headline, we discuss De La Soul's announcement that music they recorded for Tommy Boy is coming to streaming services, as well as Black Sheep's lawsuit against Universal Music Group for $750 million. We also talk about Dr. Dre's impending sale of his music catalog, as well as new music from Skyzoo and Dr. Dre.   0:00 Intro 2:56 RIP Gangsta Boo 3:56 De La Soul’s music is coming to streaming services after years of battling 6:48 A timeline of De La Soul’s history with Tommy Boy Records 19:20 The legal barriers to putting De La Soul’s music on streaming services 24:00 Part of De La Soul’s older music has been re-recorded 29:20 Why having music on YouTube is not enough 37:00 Black Sheep is suing Universal Music Group for $750 million 45:20 If Black Sheep wins it will fundamentally change the music business 51:00 Dr. Dre is selling part of his music catalog for $200 million 1:00:40 RIP Laylaw 1:01:50 Boldy James is recovering from a very serious car crash 1:03:05 Slick Rick is getting a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award 1:06:18 Skyzoo has released an album The Mind Of A Saint rapped from the perspective of Snowfall’s Franklin Saint 1:11:07 Black Thought is releasing a new album with El Michels Affair