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Billboard announces its 2024 list of Top Music Lawyers, featuring the savviest legal counselors throughout the music industry.

Yung Gravy and Ricky Astley have settled the lawsuit brought by Astley over copycat vocals used in Gravy's breakthrough hit, "Betty (Get Money)."

Rick Astley settled his lawsuit filed in January against rapper Yung Gravy and his collaborators for an undisclosed sum on Tuesday.

Though Yung Gravy did get permission to rerecord the melody and lyrics of Rick Astley's iconic 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" for his 2022 hit "Betty (Get M

Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty ImagesThough Yung Gravy did get permission to rerecord the melody and lyrics of Rick Astley's iconic 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" for his 2022 hit "Betty (Get Money)," he was sued for impersonating Astley on t...

Though Yung Gravy did get permission to rerecord the melody and lyrics of Rick Astley's iconic 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" for his 2022 hit "Betty (Get M

Though Yung Gravy did get permission to rerecord the melody and lyrics of Rick Astley's iconic 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" for his 2022 hit "Betty (Get Money)," he was sued for impersonating Astley on the track. Now, Astley's lawsuit against the rapper has been settled for an undisclosed sum, Billboard reports.

Though Yung Gravy did get permission to rerecord the melody and lyrics of Rick Astley's iconic 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" for his 2022 hit "Betty (Get Money)," he was sued for impersonating Astley on the track. Now, Astley's lawsuit against the rapper has been settled for an undisclosed sum, Billboard reports.

The discourse around the supposedly harmful Blurred Line arrived with the mainstreaming of the phrase rape culture.

The recent release of De La Soul's music on streaming platforms has sparked a discussion about the practice of music sampling.