Def Jam Signs Rising R&B Star Dende, Debuts New Song ‘The Louvre’
D ef Jam continues to stockpile talent and revamp its legacy as a music powerhouse, as evidenced by their latest signing of Dende. After an impressive run on the independent circuit, the Texas-bred ...
Cam'ron Finally Reveals Why Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana's Joint Album ‘I Can't Feel My Face' Was Never Released
Cam'ron finally explained why Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana‘s long lost collab album I Can't Feel My Face never saw the light ...
Former Def Jam CEO Lyor Cohen Slams Kanye West’s “Offensive & Triggering” Twitter Tirade
"I am deeply disappointed and troubled by your recent actions involving the use of Nazi symbols and antisemitic rhetoric." ...
Lyor Cohen Writes Open Letter to Kanye West: ‘You’ve Chosen a Path That Sows Discord’
Lyor Cohen, the former president of Def Jam Recordings, has issued an open letter addressed to Kanye West. Cohen is currently ...
Lyor Cohen Addresses Kanye West in Open Letter: “I Am Deeply Disappointed and Troubled”
West signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, a subsidiary of Def Jam Recordings, in 2002 and released his breakout debut album, The College Dropout, in February 2004 through Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam.
Irv Gotti, Def Jam hip-hop exec and Murder Inc. co-founder, dies at 54
Gotti, born Irving Domingo Lorenzo Jr. on June 26, 1970, was a key figure in the sound of ‘90s and 2000s hip-hop, when brash ...
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Why Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana’s mixtape never dropped
Lil Wayne and Juelz Santana's 'I Can't Feel My Face' promised raw energy and innovation but never materialized.
Ye, Def Jam, 50 Cent & More React to Irv Gotti’s Death: ‘A Force That Reshaped the Soundscape of Hip-Hop and R&B’
Gotti started out in A&R at the hip-hop label, before co-founding the culture-dominating Murder Inc. imprint with his brother ...