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Def Jam Recordings China launches in Chengdu with three local curators for global reach as the label continues its international expansion. Universal Music just dropped major news for Chinese Hip-Hop.

Universal Music Greater China has established Def Jam Recordings China, marking the iconic hip-hop label’s entry into the Chinese market with headquarters in Chengdu, a city recognized as the ...

*Def Comedy Jam is officially back on television, this time exclusively on REVOLT, the youth culture multimedia platform. Per the news release, the iconic series, which transformed stand-up comedy and ...

Steve Rifkind denied claims that Def Jam and Swizz Beatz refused to pay for DMX’s funeral, saying they covered most of the costs. The music executive set the record straight on social media over the ...

Rapper DMX passed away in 2021 after suffering a heart attack, but trying to make arrangements for his funeral proved to be almost just as sad. Ray Copeland, known affectionately as “Unce Ray,” is ...

The image at the top of this post doesn't really have anything to do with "Chains & Whips," the new Clipse/Kendrick Lamar collaboration that still hasn't actually been released. Instead, it's a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russell Simmons says he was “shocked” to learn T La Rock and Jazzy Jay’s 1984 single “It’s Yours” was produced by Rick Rubin, a ...

Following the announcement that his next album will be his last, Logic has signed a huge seven-figure deal with the streaming platform Twitch.

Hip-Hop fans are rejoicing now that the Clipse have reunited and will be returning with a new album in July, Let God Sort Em Out, but interestingly enough the reunion didn’t come without some ...

- On June 2, 2025, Clipse—the Virginia hip-hop duo of Pusha T and No Malice—announced their departure from Def Jam Recordings over a dispute involving a Kendrick Lamar verse on their upcoming album, ...

The producer reflects on the moment that changed how Southern hip-hop was seen, and exposed hip-hop’s regional divide. 19 hours ago K. Dot is confirmed to be on the song “Chains & Whips.” But the ...