Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) has partnered with Capitol Records to bring new signee Doechii to the Universal Music Group label. Hailing from Tampa, Florida, the singer, rapper and dancer is best known ...

Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons has been sued by a woman who says he raped her at his apartment while she was an executive at the company in the late 1990s. The lawsuit, filed in the ...

A 19th accuser has come forward against the hip-hop mogul Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, ...

Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music label's stint on Def Jam Recordings have both reportedly come to an end. Additionally, Kanye's Getting Out Our Dreams imprint is reportedly no longer being ...

The Ball family has always had a nose for business off the hardwood, and the middle child of the basketball crew is now turning his eyes toward the music industry. LiAngelo Ball, 26, has signed a deal ...

LiAngelo Ball is expanding his life playbook, taking a pivot from his hoop dreams to a fresh focus on music with a new record deal. Ball signed with Def Jam and Universal Music Group, a representative ...

DJ Khaled left Sony Music’s Epic Records for UMG’s Def Jam Recordings, returning to a label he once worked for as an A&R. DJ Khaled signed a deal with Def Jam Recordings and secured a new job as ...

During an interview on “Drink Champs,” co-hosted by N.O.R.E., also known as Noreaga, he mentioned that a few individuals are referenced when new artists are signed to Def Jam. These include LL Cool J, ...

Music executive Kevin Liles has released a statement following the lawsuit filed against him, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group by a woman accusing him of rape. "I absolutely deny the ...

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