Pharrell Moves to Dismiss Chad Hugo's Copyright Suit, Citing an Unclear Claim
Three years and three versions of the complaint later, Pharrell Williams' lawyers argue Chad Hugo still has not named a copyright he can be sued over.
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Three years and three versions of the complaint later, Pharrell Williams' lawyers argue Chad Hugo still has not named a copyright he can be sued over.
The South Central rapper follows his appearance on Kendrick Lamar’s GNX with a 14-track record featuring Tyler, the Creator and JMSN.
The twelfth edition of Tyler, The Creator’s Los Angeles festival locks a lineup spanning rap, R&B, indie, and hardcore after an immediate sellout.
Future, Turnstile, Earl Sweatshirt, Steve Lacy, and Tyler himself are set for the Los Angeles festival’s return to Dodger Stadium on November 14 and 15.
This Friday's releases trace artists who work with scale and self in equal measure. Some expand into conceptual or immersive worlds that demand sustained attention. Others turn toward renewal, independence or precise moments of groove and reflection. Muse channel a famous radio anomaly into theatrical space-rock that treats cosmic scale as personal metaphor. Ibeyi step into full independence with an ambitious offering that reframes their sound around ego and identity. Beth Orton documents survival and renewal through live-tracked art-rock that holds both fragility and force. Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri shape durational drone from shared physical space. Chanel Beads let dream-pop drift through memory and expectation. The singles arrive as focused statements of voice and rhythm. What connects them is a clear sense that music holds weight when it respects the time it asks from the listener.
After discovering 238 of her tracks—including unreleased material—in AI training datasets, SZA warned of systemic theft from Black artists and called out producer Diplo for his ties to music generation platform Suno.
The 12th edition of the carnival returns November 14–15, with a three-tier pass structure that turns the festival into a durable product—and the advance sale hits June 11.
The artist addressed the online circulation of surveillance camera footage from a Mexico City bookstore, calling the behavior invasive.