Lyor Cohen, a former Def Jam exec and current YouTube head, has penned an open letter asking Kanye West 'to be more sensitive' to Jewish communities.

Simmons is best known as the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, a label that helped launch the careers of iconic artists like LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, and Run-D.M.C. The foundation of Simmons ...

Longtime music executive Kevin Liles, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group are reportedly being sued by a woman for sexual assault. Former Def Jam Employee Accuses Kevin Liles of Rape On ...

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Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons is once again facing a lawsuit from a former employee who says he raped her at ...

Iggy Azalea hopped on X, formerly Twitter, to reveal that Universal Music Group allegedly owes her millions of dollars in ...

On this day in 2016, 2 Chainz dropped his third studio album, ColleGrove, a collaborative effort paid homage to his close ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation. A ...

Kevin Liles responds to a sexual assault lawsuit, denying the outrageous claims made against him in New York Superior Court.

Veteran music executive Kevin Liles proclaims his innocence in the wake of a new lawsuit filed against him in which a woman ...

Kevin Liles will now have to clear his name in a court of law. A former Def Jam Records employee is suing him for sexual assault. As per Variety, the former music executive and the famed record ...

“Def Jam Recordings and the extended Def Jam family of artists, executives and employees, are deeply saddened at the loss of Irv Gotti,” the statement reads. “His contributions at Def ...