In the wake of Sean “Diddy” Combs' arrest, people are speculating about which prominent entertainer will be exposed next.

On this date in 1998, Jay-Z and his Roc cohorts dropped his third album Vol.2…Hard Knock Life on their independent Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam imprint. Recorded in some of NYC's most coveted studio spaces, ...

Def Jam Recordings‘ hip-hop history is unmatched ... have been under the Def Jam umbrella through partnerships with Jay-Z’s Roc-a-Fella Records in 1996 and Murder Inc. in 1997, including ...

Visual artist and graphic designer Cey Adams visited RISD during DESIGN WEEK RI —an annual showcase of Rhode Island-based ...

Attorneys for Jay-Z and Dame Dash are arguing over the longterm copyright of Jay's 1996 album Reasonable Doubt ...

LL Cool J became one of the earliest rappers to reach commercial success alongside Beastie Boys and Run-DMC after signing with Def Jam Recordings in 1984. His breakthrough came with the single I ...

The Battle for Black Music is a three-part series about the experiences of Black artists in the music industry. Now streaming ...

Knowles-Lawson clarified to Insider that this encounter happened "years ago," when her son-in-law was in charge of Def Jam Recordings. Jay-Z was appointed president and CEO of the label in 2004 ...

Convicted felon Suge Knight, the former CEO and founder of Death Row Records, has called into Chris Cuomo’s podcast to namedrop some very rich and powerful music industry executives associated with ...

凭借《The Omnichord Real Book》获得“最佳另类爵士专辑”奖（Best Alternative Jazz Album），Coco Jones（Def Jam Recordings）凭借《ICU》获得“最佳R&B表演”（Best R ...

That track got LL a record deal, although you might say it got the record company an LL deal; he was the first artist ever signed to Def Jam Recordings. Getting the deal, LL said, "felt like ...

With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from ...