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, ...

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 ...

DJ Khaled is bringing his We the Best imprint to Def Jam, leaving Sony Music, where he was signed to Epic Records, for a joint venture with Universal Music Group. In addition, the rapper-producer has ...

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 white Jewish kid attending college at New York University and making ...

Def Jam Recordings is marking its 40th anniversary year with the launch of a music-focused FAST channel on Tubi. The channel will feature a rangeof content, from music videos to documentaries and live ...

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 ...

"They wanted me to ask Kendrick to censor his verse, which of course I was never doing,” Pusha T said in an interview GQ, adding that he and Clipse left the label over the disagreement. By Kyle ...

Big Sean's "Finally Famous," will be the first new release, containing the hit single "My Last" featuring Chris Brown. By Carly Wolkoff US rapper Kanye West performs during the 10th edition of the ...

A former music video producer has sued Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons, 66, alleging that he raped her while she worked for the label in the 1990s. In a lawsuit filed in New York on ...

Disgraced music mogul Russell Simmons is at the center of a new lawsuit that alleges he raped a former Def Jam Recordings employee in his Manhattan apartment during the 1990s. The complaint, filed ...