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Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan , New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop , contemporary R&B , soul and pop .
Rubin founded Def Jam Recordings while in college at New York University. [8] He moved on to form the band Hose, influenced by San Francisco's Flipper, where he played guitar. In 1982, a Hose track became Def Jam's first release, a 45 rpm 7" vinyl single in a brown paper bag, and no label. [9]
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.
After helping Def Jam with the success of DMX, Jay-Z, and Ja Rule, Russell Simmons gave Irv Gotti his own label under Def Jam. While watching Biography on A&E during gangster week, a Murder, Inc. logo appeared on the screen, inspiring Irv to name his label after the organized crime group, paralleling his desire to put out hit records to the crime group's purpose of putting out contract hits.
Friday afternoon’s announcement that Paul Rosenberg will be stepping down as CEO of Def Jam Records caught nearly everyone by surprise — including, briefly, the label’s parent company ...
LaPolt also owns her own law firm, which represents talent in film, TV and fashion, as well as music. ... Def Jam, Asylum, Roc Nation, and Fader; Tori Borengasser, who previously led digital ...
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. [35] Of particular interest to authorities was an Island Def Jam payment of $500,000 to a company fronted by McGriff.
A post shared by Def Jam Recordings (@defjam) Gotti's own production work included the song “Can I Live” off Jay Z's 1996 debut "Reasonable Doubt" and tracks by Kanye West, Fat Joe, Memphis ...