Def Jam Recordings' hip-hop history is unmatched. Forty years after getting into the music business, the label is celebrating its rich lineage with a special anniversary hub. Def Jam has created an ...

Baltimore R&B/Hip-Hop group signs distribution deal with Def Jam Recordings. *“Me and my sister Lay was in class…we said there’s no girl groups out,” said Rapper Shaye about how her group Riplay was ...

Def Jam Recordings is one of the most storied record labels in history, and now fans can celebrate its heritage with a new merch collection. The collection consists of five pieces and is available now ...

Formed in the New York University dormitory room of punk-turned-hip-hop-DJ Rick Rubin in 1984, Def Jam Recordings has grown to become one of the most iconic record labels on the face of the planet.

The lawsuit accuses the label's cofounder of raping her at his apartment in the 1990s. By Winston Cho Russell Simmons has been sued for sexual harassment and battery by a former Def Jam Recordings ...

Russell Simmons visits the Build Series in 2017 in New York City (Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) Russell Simmons has been sued for rape by a former senior music executive and video producer ...

Def Jam Recordings has released a new album from the late Los Angeles musician August 08. The 10-song album, Pretend It’s Okay, features guest spots from Channel Tres, Kiah Victoria, and Mark Lux.

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Kevin Liles will now have to clear his name in a court of law. A former Def Jam Records employee is suing him for sexual assault. Wale returns after a lengthy hiatus and drops off the new single "Max ...

A former music video producer has sued Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons, 66, alleging that he raped her while she worked for the label in the 1990s. In a lawsuit filed in New York on ...

He went from Def Jam to a Mets jam. The legendary Def Jam graphic artist who created the cover of Biggie Small’s “Ready to Die” has been reimagining the Mets’ logo in a colossal collage he called an ...

Boss, the Detroit rapper who became one of the first women to sign to Def Jam Recordings, has died of kidney failure, The Detroit News reports, citing a family spokesperson. The musician had been ...