A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Drake did not violate copyright law when he sampled a spoken word track from a 1982 jazz record. The estate of musician Jimmy Smith filed suit in 2014, alleging ...

MANHATTAN (CN) — Lashing out against the then-emerging hip-hop genre in a 1982 spoken-word album, the late musician Jimmy Smith sneered that “jazz is the only real music that’s gonna last.” After the ...

Appeals Court Gives Drake a “Fair Use” Win in Sampling Case. The Second Circuit holds that Drake turned a message about the supremacy of jazz into one about all "real music." ...

It’s another win for Drake. Yesterday, the Toronto rapper came out the victor in a longstanding copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the estate of jazz musician Jimmy Smith, over his song ...

Drake's work has become an integral part of Mehldau's repertoire. Lizz Wright and Andy Bey also recorded compelling versions of 'River Man." The Charlie Hunter Quartet with Norah Jones recorded a ...

Drake “For All the Dogs” album drop. Photo Credit: Instagram/Drake *Drake fans are calling him out for seemingly taking a dig at jazz star Esperanza Spalding in his new track “Away From Home.” ...

Drake and his dad popped up to deliver an impromptu duet on a T-Bone Walker classic at a jazz club. Watch video of the moment.

Mr. Champagne Papi turned the Twitter fingers into email fingers. Drake’s sampling tendencies have reached an eclectic peak based on his recent interaction with 82-year-old jazz singer Norma ...

That’s thanks to a new collaboration between the Northampton Jazz Festival and The Drake. The Northampton Jazz Festival, which has served as an annual celebration of jazz and live music since it ...

Others are more contemporary, electro jazz and jazz fusion, he said. The album, available in late May, was wrapped Tuesday after the musicians spent 10 days in the Delaware Trails neighborhood home.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Drake did not violate copyright law when he sampled a spoken word track from a 1982 jazz record. The estate of musician Jimmy Smith filed suit in 2014, alleging ...

Drake and Dennis Graham enjoyed a father-son outing over the weekend for a night out at a Toronto jazz club. The duo even hit ...