Hip-Hop culture-defining brands VIBE and Def Jam Records joined forces for a high-energy SXSW showcase in partnership with SAG-AFTRA’s Hip-Hop Alliance. On Wednesday evening (March 15), the Hip ...

The Def Jam Records and 88rising-backed recording artist co-wrote DJ Khaled's "I'm the One," among other songs Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE ...

Rapper and producer DJ Quik gave her a chance by putting her on AMG’s “Mai Sista Izza B—-,” which drew the attention of Def Jam Records executives who signed her to their west coast ...

Roughly 2,700 complaints were filed citing the law. The case follows accusations from Drew Dixon, a former Arista Records and Def Jam executive who in 2017 accused Simmons of raping her in 1995 ...

ATLANTA — The music world is mourning the death of Irv Gotti, the legendary hip-hop producer and co-founder of Murder Inc. Records. He died at the age of 54. Def Jam Records reported his passing ...

The Band Inspired Def Jam Records Before launching his new record label in 1984, producer Rick Rubin asked the band for permission to use “Def” in the name of Def Jam Records, which is ...

He brought all three rappers to Def Jam Records, leading to the pioneering label’s resurgence in the late ’90s and early 2000s. Gotti was a hit producer who contributed to platinum songs like ...

Through his work, first for Def Jam Records, and then as the co-founder (with his brother Chris) of Murder Inc. Records, Gotti was instrumental in the rise of a number of major artists ...