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Ruff Ryders' Dee reveals how Jay-Z forgave DMX's $8 million Def Jam debt without requiring payment, a move Dee calls one of the most solid acts in Hip-Hop.

Rap superstar Snoop Dogg is joining the legendary hip hop label Def Jam Recordings as executive creative and strategic consultant, the U.S. company said on Monday. Def Jam, owned by Universal Music, ...

One of the three men charged in the killing of Jam Master Jay is expected to change his plea to guilty court on Monday.

NEW YORK(AP) — Nearly a quarter-century after rap star Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC was shot to death, a man admitted in court Monday to a role in a killing that stymied investigators for decades. Jay ...