The new label venture will be distributed by Warner Music's ADA. By Chris Eggertsen Jasmine “Jazz” Young, a former Def Jam executive and now director of the Warner Music/Blavatnik Center for Music ...

Def Jam Recordings China launches in Chengdu with three local curators for global reach as the label continues its international expansion. Universal Music just dropped major news for Chinese Hip-Hop.

Universal Music Greater China has established Def Jam Recordings China, marking the iconic hip-hop label’s entry into the Chinese market with headquarters in Chengdu, a city recognized as the ...

*Def Comedy Jam is officially back on television, this time exclusively on REVOLT, the youth culture multimedia platform. Per the news release, the iconic series, which transformed stand-up comedy and ...

During an interview on “Drink Champs,” co-hosted by N.O.R.E., also known as Noreaga, he mentioned that a few individuals are referenced when new artists are signed to Def Jam. These include LL Cool J, ...

Steve Rifkind denied claims that Def Jam and Swizz Beatz refused to pay for DMX’s funeral, saying they covered most of the costs. The music executive set the record straight on social media over the ...

The OGs: Rick Rubin (left) and Russell Simmons back when. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt via Getty Images) Russell Simmons says he was “shocked” to learn T La Rock and Jazzy Jay’s 1984 single “It’s Yours” ...

Russell Simmons says he was “shocked” to learn T La Rock and Jazzy Jay’s 1984 single “It’s Yours” was produced by Rick Rubin, a white Jewish kid attending college at New York University and making ...

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 sits down ...

Hip-Hop fans are rejoicing now that the Clipse have reunited and will be returning with a new album in July, Let God Sort Em Out, but interestingly enough the reunion didn’t come without some ...

- On June 2, 2025, Clipse—the Virginia hip-hop duo of Pusha T and No Malice—announced their departure from Def Jam Recordings over a dispute involving a Kendrick Lamar verse on their upcoming album, ...

For the first edition of OK1st, Okayplayer caught up with multiple artists about the first dates they ever went on. 1 day ago K. Dot is confirmed to be on the song “Chains & Whips.” But the Kendrick ...