Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton filed the lawsuit in federal court in New York on Monday asserting that the copyright act of 1976, which says that after several decades artists can terminate previous agreements and reclaim ownership of their recordings, clearly now applies to them.

The rap group accused Universal Music Group of ignoring federal copyright law by not giving up the original copies of its earliest work.

Salt-N-Pepa File Lawsuit Against UMG To Reclaim Rights To Their Songs Including "Push It" Salt-N-Pepa FIle Lawsuit Against UMG