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.

Budding Nigerian rap sensation, Odumodublvck has signed a career-changing contract with the prominent American multinational record label, Def Jam Recordings. Odumodublvck was captured within the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Popular singer Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko aka Adekunle Gold has signed with America’s music label, Def Jam Recordings. According to Billboard, Adekunle Gold has joined the league of Nigerian artistes who ...