Although Def Jam enjoyed four No. 1 albums during Rosenberg’s tenure (two each from Kanye West and Logic), it never really regained its previous momentum, commercially or creatively.

Muni Long has signed to Def Jam Recordings through her SuperGiant Records label, Def Jam chairman and CEO Tunji Balogun announced on Monday. The singer, whose platinum-certified song “Hrs and ...

Pusha T said Def Jam “halted” Clipse’s comeback album because of Kendrick Lamar’s “Chains & Whips” verse amid UMG's lawsuit with Drake. Learn more at Rap-Up.

Def Jam Recordings has promoted industry veteran Dion "No I.D." Wilson to executive vice president in charge of all A&R activities at the label. By Billboard Staff Def Jam Recordings has promoted ...

Home; Culture & Life; Books; Features Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label by Bill Adler and Dan Charnas. Like all great companies, there is great story behind Def ...

Def Jam Recordings, which he co-founded with Rick Rubin in 1984, became one of the most influential labels in hip-hop history. The label’s success, fueled by signing game-changing artists, ...

Def Jam Recordings is a unit of Island Def Jam Music Group, a unit of Vivendi Universal’s Universal Music Group. Industry sources said Liles, a well-regarded executive, ...

Def Jam Recordings announced a management shake-up on Thursday, naming Paul Rosenberg as its new chief executive. Rosenberg, a veteran manager and record label executive, replaces Steve Bartels ...

Tim Pithouse has been named general manager at Def Jam Recordings. Most recently president of the international management and entertainment company Three Six Zero, Pithouse will oversee the ...

Def Jam Recordings has potentially teased that a new Def Jam game is on the horizon, mentioning a “special announcement” is brewing on its Twitter account. New Def Jam Game Coming?

Former Def Jam Recordings executive Drew Dixon has alleged for years that she was raped by Russell Simmons in 1995. Now, Dixon is suing him. On Thursday, she filed a lawsuit in New York’s state ...

Russell Simmons has been sued for sexual harassment and battery by a former Def Jam Recordings executive, who accuses the music mogul of raping her at his apartment more than 25 years ago.. The ...