Joanna Demers, assistant professor of music history and literature, University of Southern California Is the creative appropriation of previously recorded music theft? Or is that act, better known as ...

The practice of music sampling, which is the integration of pre-recorded sounds into new musical gestures, experienced a golden, unregulated age in the late 1980s that is almost unimaginable today.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images Lizzo has claimed that the ‘origins’ of sampling law ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal appeals court ruled this week that rap artists should pay for every musical sample included in their work -- even minor, unrecognizable snippets of music. Lower ...

Lizzo called out music sampling laws as racially biased during a Million Dollaz Worth of Game interview and accused the system of criminalizing Hip-Hop’s roots. Lizzo called out music sampling laws ...

Plies at One Music Festival in Atlanta (Photo credit: Nagashia Jackson for rolling out) A significant copyright dispute in the hip-hop community has taken an unexpected turn as rapper Plies has ...

Sampling originated from DJ Kool Herc's Merry-Go-Round technique. Over time, the technique evolved and has created hip-hop songs with ties that go back decades. The legal battles with clearing samples ...

"Trap and drill music sampling the old school classics sucks. I have tried to listen to akina Ice Spice and some new Gen Z music with some 90s samples, but I just can't. Lots of bass and auto-tune and ...