Central to the trial was the claim that Combs, 55, a multimillionaire music mogul once credited with bringing rap into the ...

Warren G was “critical” to landing the deal with PolyGram and severing ties with CBS Records (now re-branded as Sony), who still owned 50 percent of Def Jam.

A look at how Rick Rubin went from a hardcore punk guitarist to a hip-hop music mogul via discovering LL Cool J and putting out his first hit 'I Need a Beat'.

Rapper and basketball player LiAngelo Ball has filed for divorce from his wife, Rashida Nicole, just days after the ...

Abou "Bu" Thiam talks managing Kanye and Chris Brown, his BuVision label with Atlantic Records and more in a new interview ...

Eric B. And Rakim Released Their Debut Album 'Paid In Full' 38 Years Ago Eric B. And Rakim 'Paid In Full' 38 Years ...

Logic has admitted to “half-assing” the last songs he needed put out to get out of his deal with Def Jam Recordings. On a skit from his new joint album with Juicy J, Live and in Color, Logic ...

Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron said Monday that he’s leaving the band after nearly 30 years. The 62-year-old Cameron announced his departure in a social media post.

Public Enemy have returned with their first album in five years, which they surprise released today as a pay-what-you-want ...

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.

Photograph by Harry Allen, American, born 1964 Subject of Bill Stephney, American, born 1962 Def Jam Recordings, American, founded 1984 Description A black and white photograph of Bill Stephney.