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, ...

"They wanted me to ask Kendrick to censor his verse, which of course I was never doing,” Pusha T said in an interview GQ, adding that he and Clipse left the label over the disagreement.

Logic recently claimed that he intentionally created low-effort songs to terminate his contract with Def Jam Recordings, a ...

(Credit: Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer) But Def Jam had been picking up steam and in 1985-86, the label was more focused on Beastie Boys’ explosive debut, Licensed To Ill, the first rap album ...

By Elias Leight Early in 2024, Clipse prepared to play a new album for their label, Def Jam. While these types of playbacks can be routine, this one was freighted with extra significance ...

Pusha T dropped a few bombs during his recent interview with GQ. Among them was his decision to part ways with Def Jam ...

In 2020, Push publicly divulged how frustrated he was with major label deals, specifically the splits on his Def Jam contract. As a result, West agreed to give his 50 percent ownership stake in ...

The Clipse Claim They Were Dropped By Def Jam Over Kendrick Lamar Feature On New Album The Clipse Were Dropped By Def Jam Over Kendrick Feature ...

The rapper claims that the label, which is owned by Universal Music Group, was reluctant to release a song with two of Drake’s biggest adversaries ...

A month later, she was auditioning for her breakout role in A Thousand And One. On the heels of dropping her new album, ...