He decided to launch LA-based Def Jam West (DJ West) and look for artists from California who brought the same energy as N.W.A and Death Row's roster of hitmakers. Laws, under the name BO$$, was ...

Former Def Jam president Lyor Cohen worked extensively ... Irv Gotti initially broke into the music industry as “DJ Irv” when he produced tracks from Jay-Z’s acclaimed Reasonable Doubt ...

By Carl Lamarre Def Jam continues to stockpile talent and revamp its legacy as a music powerhouse, as evidenced by their latest signing of Dende. After an impressive run on the independent circuit ...

According to a lawsuit filed on Thursday (Feb. 27), the former Def Jam president is being sued for alleged sexual assault during his time as president. The New York suit was filed by an ...

Gotti was influential in Def Jam’s signing of celebrated rapper DMX and served as the executive producer of his 1998 album, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot.

A new lawsuit has been raised against former Def Jam president Kevin Liles, accusing him of sexual assault. The suit was filed in Manhattan on Thursday morning (February 27), and sees an anonymous ...

Irv Gotti, the producer and music industry mogul who launched the careers of Ja Rule and Ashanti, has died at the age of 54, according to the Hollywood Reporter and sources close to the situation. A ...

Rapper Nasty C has announced that he is now an independent artist who is not signed to any record label. The rapper was signed under Def Jam and Universal Music.

Before launching Murder Inc. in New York City in 1998, Gotti worked as an A&R at Def Jam, where he helped bring DMX, Jay-Z and Ja Rule to the label. Under the moniker DJ Irv, he produced the song “Can ...

Toronto rapper and music executive Kardinal Offishall is taking his talents to Def Jam Recordings, the record label that helped bring hip hop to the mainstream and currently represents some of the ...