Fellow emcee Bun B shared the sad news on his Instagram on March 11. In a touching tribute to his 54-year-old fallen peer, Bun wrote, “Rest in peace to my big sis, Lichelle Laws, AKA Bo$$. One of the ...

Def Jam hosted a party on June 24 in Los Angeles. The major label hosted many artists at the event as well. Stars in attendance included Wale, Jeezy, Davion Farris, D Smoke, GaTa, Jadakiss, Armani ...

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 white Jewish kid attending college at New York University and making ...

Issa Rae‘s Raedio, the audio division of her Hoorae Media company, has inked a multi-year partnership with Def Jam Recordings. The deal includes publishing, music supervision, podcasts, digital ...

Kanye West is working on new music. We got a taste of what’s coming this weekend, when two full-length tracks (featuring Migos, Young Thug, and ASAP Rocky) plus one snippet surfaced online. According ...

Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has joined Def Jam Recordings as executive creative and strategic consultant, “a new role that will allow him to strategically work across the label’s executive team and ...

The campaign, called ‘#Caltexunstoppablestar’ and created by VMLY&R, makes use of music artists from Def Jam SEA, Universal Music Group’s hip-hop label, to launch a rap challenge in Malaysia, Thailand ...

This year marks 30 years since the first Def Jam single was released. Originally formed in NYU’s Weinstein dorms after Russell Simmons was introduced to Rick Rubin by Vincent Gallo, Def Jam quickly ...

Before there was social media, producer Rick Rubin had potential Def Jam artists shocked when they found out he was white. "LL was 16 at the time that I met him and he came to the dorm room because ...