Magic Johnson Reacts After Close Friend Receives Major Honor originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Last week, the world’s ...

Russell Simmons says he was “shocked” to learn T La Rock and Jazzy Jay’s 1984 single “It’s Yours” was produced by Rick Rubin, ...

A look at how Rick Rubin went from a hardcore punk guitarist to a hip-hop music mogul via discovering LL Cool J and putting out his first hit 'I Need a Beat'.

Pusha T said Def Jam “halted” Clipse’s comeback album because of Kendrick Lamar’s “Chains & Whips” verse amid UMG's lawsuit ...

Logic recently claimed that he intentionally created low-effort songs to terminate his contract with Def Jam Recordings, a ...

Together with Lyor Cohen, who was already working with Rush Management, Def Jam Recordings began to take shape. They eventually convinced a radio program director from Adelphi University’s WBAU ...

Al B. Sure! shares the crazy story of calling #DefJam from Eddie F's basement and getting roasted by Dr. Jekyll. He talks ...

Rapper Pusha T recently speculated on why Def Jam tried to block Kendrick Lamar's heavily anticipated verse on Chains & Whips from Clipse's upcoming album, Let God Sort 'Em Out.

Ludacris said he spent $20,000 on his debut 1999 independent album, "Incognegro." He ultimately signed a deal with Def Jam in ...

EXCLUSIVE: Def Jam Recordings' first president, Bill Stephney, EPMD's Parish Smith and The Bomb Squad's Keith Shocklee were ...

Naturally, Def Jam got a cut of the new Clipse deal as the record industry is shady, but in the end, we’ll be getting a new Clipse album and a Kendrick Lamar-featured cut in “Whips & Chains ...

Curious about the women who shaped 80s rap? Which female MCs made waves in the early hip-hop scene? Find out the leading ...