artist and founding creative director of Def Jam Recordings. The Anthology captures the evolution of hip-hop from its earliest days in the late 70s up to contemporary artists of today. Lean more about ...

Bo$$, a rapper best known for her 1993 album Born Gangstaz and for being the first female rapper to sign with Def Jam, has ...

The “Kings From Queens” dropped their sophomore LP 40 years ago today. On this date in 1985, Joseph Simmons, Daryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell successfully avoided the sophomore jinx some three ...

“When I started Def Jam,” Rubin told the New York ... In his 2010 book “The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop,” Charnas shares the stories of the record label executives ...

With a chequered history on his relationship with hip hop, Oasis' Noel Gallagher named two of the genre's biggest names that ...

Boss broke barriers as Def Jam’s first female rap artist ... with 2 Live Crew and helped establish Miami’s place in Hip-hop history. His controversial yet influential work changed the ...

Rather than simply a genre, hip-hop is a culture – one chiefly expressed and disseminated through rap music A major commercial breakthrough arrived in the mid-1980s with Def Jam acts Run-DMC and ...

Multiple women who have accused the hip-hop mogul of sexual assault say he has failed to settle claims against him.

(2011). Afro-Columbian hip-hop: Globalization, transcultural music, and ethnic identities. Lexington Books. DMX. (1998). No love 4 me [Song]. On Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood [Album]. Ruff ...

LL Cool J burst onto the Hip Hop scene in 1984 when he signed with the iconic Def Jam Records, quickly becoming one of the genre’s trailblazers. His early success was cemented by classic hits ...

ESPN reported Monday that LiAngelo Ball, 26, has signed with Def Jam and Universal Music Group ... which bills itself as the world's largest hip-hop festival. Ball is scheduled to appear on ...