Formed in the New York University dormitory room of punk-turned-hip-hop-DJ Rick Rubin in 1984, Def Jam Recordings has grown to become one of the most iconic record labels on the face of the planet.

LiAngelo Ball has signed a deal with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative from his label Born2Ball Music Group says. Sources said the deal is worth as much as $13 million, with $8 ...

LOS ANGELES -- In a marketing first for the embattled music industry, rap label Def Jam will soon release a compilation by some of its top artists -- not on CD or in a movie, but in a video game. The ...

I might swerve and bend that corner whoaaaa. LiAngelo Ball has had the streets on fire with his 2005 Nelly, Country Grammar resurrection song, ‘Tweaker’. Once Gelo hopped on the streamer, Neon’s show, ...

Hip-Hop fans are rejoicing now that the Clipse have reunited and will be returning with a new album in July, Let God Sort Em Out, but interestingly enough the reunion didn’t come without some ...

Rae Khalil, a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, has signed to Def Jam Recordings via Anderson .Paak’s Apeshit label. The R&B singer and hip-hop also has shared her debut single and music video ...

Basketball player-turned-rapper LiAngelo Ball has signed an $8 million label deal with Def Jam Recordings following the viral success of his song “Tweaker,” according to reports. Ball, 26, released ...

Universal Music Group has announced a major restructuring, splitting Island Def Jam into three stand-alone labels as Barry Weiss resigns as chairman and CEO of the label’s East Coast group. A Tuesday ...

LiAngelo Ball is part of the NBA, just not the way his father envisioned. While his younger brother LaMelo has become an NBA All-Star and his older brother has become a feel-good story about a veteran ...

The lawsuit accuses the label's cofounder of raping her at his apartment in the 1990s. By Winston Cho Russell Simmons has been sued for sexual harassment and battery by a former Def Jam Recordings ...

That Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef might’ve happened last year, but it keeps haunting the Hip-Hop community in the craziest ways. This time around, tensions between the two rappers are forcing record ...

Rae Khalil, a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, has signed to Def Jam Recordings via Anderson .Paak’s Apeshit label. The R&B singer and hip-hop also has shared her debut single and music video ...