FILE - In this June 18, 2009 file photo, former Chairman and CEO of RCA/JIVE Label Group and 2009 Music Visionary of the Year honoree Barry Weiss attends a UJA Federation honors luncheon at The Pierre ...

Snoop Dogg is getting ready to bark out orders at Def Jam Recordings — he's joining the label as an executive creative and strategic consultant. Def Jam announced Monday that newly created role for ...

No one in the record industry will be surprised this morning when Island Def Jam Music Group, a division of media giant Vivendi, captures two of the top three positions on the nation’s album chart for ...

Superstar rapper Ludacris has inked a joint-venture record label deal with Universal Music’s Island Def Jam. Ludacris and Def Jam agreed to a deal yesterday in which Def Jam will hold a 50 percent ...

Last week, iconic hip-hop label Def Jam Records celebrated its 30th anniversary with a gigantic concert at New York’s Barclay Center. While the New York-based label's storied history has been told ...

Lyor Cohen and Steve Gottlieb found themselves in uncomfortably close quarters last summer in the cabin of a seaplane on the way to the Hamptons from Manhattan. Cohen, chairman of Universal Music ...

Farag has risen from assistant to vp promotion in her decade-plus working for the label. By Roy Trakin Nicki Farag Headshot - P 2014 Nicki Farag has been upped to vice president promotion for Def Jam ...

Universal Music Group has announced a major restructuring, splitting Island Def Jam into three stand-alone labels as Barry Weiss resigns as chairman and CEO of the label’s East Coast group. A Tuesday ...

Snoop Dogg is getting ready to bark out orders at Def Jam Recordings — he’s joining the label as an executive creative and strategic consultant. Snoop Dogg, 49, will be based in Los Angeles and will ...

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