Music Business News: United States

MBW delves into the 53-page lawsuit issued by X Corp against most significant players in the music publishing business

The L.A.-born rock band alleges an 'egregious' lack of payments for 'Cancion del Mariachi' and a 'massive deficiency' in payments for 'La Bamba'

Whitney joins HYBE America from Riot Games, where he most recently served as Global Head of Music Business Affairs and Label Operations.

Fuentes most recently served as Head of Global Communications for WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group.

X’s lawsuit points to successful licensing agreements between the NMPA plus Roblox and Twitch as evidence of an alleged ‘extortionate scheme’.

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Salt-N-Pepa filed the lawsuit in May 2025

Carter describes the catalog as 'some of the most important pieces of music in hip-hop history'