Kanye West must be feeling the ultralight beams flowing after achieving his latest accomplishment. According to the Pitchfork, Ye’s 2016 project, The Life of Pablo, has surpassed the one million equivalent album units mark, earning the rapper his eighth career platinum album. TLOP has been streamed over 3 billion times worldwide and has just hit 1.5 billion streams […]
R&B crooner August Alsina has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on his sophomore album This Thing Called Life and today, he treated his fans…
Russell Simmons Reacts To The Possibility Of Michael B. Jordan Playing Him In Def Jam Hip-Hop Biopic
Universal is considering another high-profile hip-hop biopic. This time on Def Jam Recordings and its co-founder Russell Simmons.
Damon Dash has no problem telling anyone what’s on his mind. He’s been going on a spree airing out his grievances and putting record execs…
Def Jam celebrated its 30th anniversary on Tuesday at SXSW was a showcase of the label’s past and present artist performing some of their greatest hits…
Uncle Russ has been in the kitchen cooking up something new. Russell Simmons, music executive Steve Rifkind, who helped launch the careers of Wu-Tang Clang…
Legendary rapper LL Cool J isn’t the biggest fan of everybody’s favorite rapper Jay-Z. They famously clashed when Jay was president of Def Jam…
At 24, Def Jam’s K’LA has burst on the scene with a big soulful voice. Finding the balance beteween being a mother and artist, see…
After months of not-so-discrete negotiations, Jennifer Lopez has finally confirmed that she has signed with LA. Reid’s Island Def Jam. The news comes via an upfront reporter who quizzed Lopez, 40, on the topic while she was promoting her latest movie ‘The Back Up Plan’. Via Hitfix: Hitfix’s Greg Ellwood asked Lopez point blank “Are […]
L.A. Reid was scheduled to give a speech at a music event this week but canceled. He says his son was sick but sources say he wanted to avoid questions about his future at the label.