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HOLLYWOOD, CA - MAY 15: Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO of The Island Def Jam Music Group and Universal Republic Records attends the Maxim Hot 100 Party at Vanguard on May 15, 2013 in Hollywood, California.
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Def Jam [Records] is the greatest Hip Hop label in the world and it is an honor and a privilege to work with such incredible artists every day ... I am appreciative of [Island Def Jam Records President] Steve Bartels for his leadership and his continued faith in me as we move the Def Jam brand into the future. With our talented staff, an unprecedented roster of superstars and an exciting crop of newcomers, we are poised to win big in 2013 and beyond.
Def Jam [Records] is the greatest Hip Hop label in the world and it is an honor and a privilege to work with such incredible artists every day ... I am appreciative of [Island Def Jam Records President] Steve Bartels for his leadership and his continued faith in me as we move the Def Jam brand into the future. With our talented staff, an unprecedented roster of superstars and an exciting crop of newcomers, we are poised to win big in 2013 and beyond.
I always used to do a lot of hosting and I was on college radio in the early 80s. So I was always a part of something that wanted to break deejays and parties out ... And that was with Hank Shocklee and Spectrum [City] back on Long Island. What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.More quotes »
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Jay-Z & Drake In The Studio Working On New Music Together [Pic]
be cooking up something big. Both emcees are working on solo albums and were snapped (up top) in the studio together by Def Jam A&R Lenny S. "Warning: Please be very afraid of the music we're working on. OVO x ROCNATION," reads the caption on the pic shared 5/19/13 from This Is 50 Read more »
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Sophia Coppola Taps Kanye, M.I.A., Frank Ocean for 'Bling Ring' Soundtrack...
soundtrack is due out on June 11 through Def Jam, and it will include a heap of tunes from well-known artists like Kanye West, Frank Ocean (featuring Earl Sweatshirt), M.I.A., Sleigh Bells, Rick Ross (featuring Lil Wayne), Phoenix, Can, deadmau5, and Azealia from The Daily Swarm Read more »
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Elijah Blake Ft. Common – X.O.X. (Official Video)
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Shots Fired Episode 29 – “Nothing But Net” with Wax
is more loved in LA than the Lakers and Dodgers at this point. But Wax is getting the best revenge possible. After he left Def Jam, Warner Bros. Europe came calling and turned his song “Rosana” into a #1 single in Austria (it’s also top 10 in several other from Passion of the Weiss Read more »
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Watch The-Dream’s video for “IV Play”
The-Dream has shared the video for the title track to his new album, IV Play, due May 28th on Radio Killa/Def Jam. Watch as Terius Nash takes a helicopter to an expanded version of the Power Ranger’s Command Center, or as he’d probably call it, Foreplay Is from Consequence Of Sound Read more »
