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This is a list of former artists who have recorded for Def Jam Recordings, organized alphabetically by last name. Listed in parentheses are names of Def Jam affiliated labels, under which the artist recorded.
Def Jam 2000 was the featured name for Def Jam on Def Jam albums from 1998 until its end in December 2000. Also in 1999, the label began to distribute releases by Murder Inc. Records , the newly-founded label run by former Def Jam A&R executive and record producer Irv Gotti .
From May 1995 to May 1999, Def Jam Records was reinstated as the Def Jam Music Group to further associate itself with the RAL umbrella unit. Artist(s) Title Type Release date Label(s) released in association with Singles Chart positions Certifications Refs. S.C.C. Presents Murder Squad Nationwide: Album Valentine's Day 1995 (February 14) G.W.K.
Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, writer and record executive.He co-founded the hip-hop label Def Jam Recordings, [1] and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris.
Def Jam Recordings artists (3 C, 160 P) D. ... Pages in category "Def Jam Recordings" ... Radio Killa Records; Roc-A-Fella Records;
This is a category for articles on artists and groups who have been signed to Def Jam Recordings or a Def Jam-affiliated record label or imprint. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Def Jam Recordings artists .
In January 2003 the offices of Murder Inc. Records at Island Def Jam were raided by a joint task force of the NYPD and the FBI as part of a federal probe of label founder Irv Gotti's ties to drug lord Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff. [33] Of particular interest to authorities was an Island Def Jam payment of $500,000 to a company fronted by McGriff.
Frederick Jay Rubin (/ ˈ r uː b ɪ n /, ROO-bin; born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer. He is a co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, founder of American Recordings, and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin helped popularize hip hop by producing records for acts such as the Beastie Boys, Geto Boys, Run-DMC, Public Enemy ...