Hip-hop has always relied on sampling as a bridge between eras, a creative tool that connects past innovations with the present soundscape. But while sampling often serves as a tribute, it also comes ...

One of the major keys to Drake’s ongoing success is beat selection. Even when he was assembling early mixtapes from borrowed beats and instrumentals from then-unknown bedroom producers, the always guy ...

Drake faces a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Ghanaian artist Obrafour that alleges that the rapper’s “Calling My Name” sampled his music without permission. Elements of Obrafour’s 2003 single ...

Drake is being sued for copyright infringement after he reportedly used an unauthorized sample by Ghanaian rapper Obrafour on “Calling My Name.” In court documents originally published by Music ...

After "BBL Drizzy" was sampled in Sexyy Red and Drake's new single "U My Everything," it required a lawyer to create a procedure for clearing AI samples. It's never been done before. By Kristin ...