Def Jam Recordings

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hip hop record label music company record label

Def Jam Recordings is a pioneering American hip hop and urban music record label known for launching and representing many of the genre’s most influential artists.

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Def Jam Recordings canonical 1,045
Def Jam 20
Def Jam Recordings artists 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop record label ⓘ
music company ⓘ
record label ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributor Universal Music Group ⓘ
focusesOn hip hop culture ⓘ
urban music ⓘ
foundedBy Rick Rubin ⓘ
Russell Simmons ⓘ
foundedInYear 1984 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
rap ⓘ
urban music ⓘ
hasImprint GOOD Music ⓘ
Roc-A-Fella Records ⓘ
hasSubsidiary Def Jam Germany ⓘ
Def Jam Japan ⓘ
Def Jam South ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
imprintOf Island Def Jam Music Group ⓘ
industry music industry ⓘ
labelType major label ⓘ
languageOfReleases English ⓘ
locationFounded New York City ⓘ
notableArtist 2 Chainz ⓘ
Beastie Boys ⓘ
Big Sean ⓘ
DMX ⓘ
Ja Rule ⓘ
Jay-Z ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
LL Cool J ⓘ
Logic ⓘ
Ludacris ⓘ
Method Man ⓘ
Nas ⓘ
Public Enemy ⓘ
Redman ⓘ
Rihanna ⓘ
Slick Rick ⓘ
YG ⓘ
notableExecutive Jay-Z ⓘ
Kevin Liles ⓘ
Lyor Cohen ⓘ
Steve Bartels ⓘ
notableRelease Good Girl Gone Bad ⓘ
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ⓘ
Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Radio (LL Cool J album) ⓘ
Raising Hell ⓘ
The Blueprint ⓘ
The College Dropout ⓘ
parentCompany Universal Music Group ⓘ

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Common → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
The Notorious B.I.G. → genre → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Coast hip hop
Mariah Carey → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
GOOD Music → associatedWith → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
The College Dropout → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
The College Dropout → labelMarketing → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam joint release
Late Registration → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Graduation → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
808s & Heartbreak → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Ye → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Jesus Is King → label → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Pusha T → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Black America Again → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
The Roots → label → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
The Life of Pablo → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Donda → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Donda → distributedBy → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Rihanna → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Watch the Throne → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Foxy Brown → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Foxy Brown → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: Ill Na Na
Ludacris → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Nobody's Smiling → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Jay-Z → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
DMX → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Yeezus → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
No I.D. → employer → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
song "We Belong Together" → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: We Belong Together
album "The Emancipation of Mimi" → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: The Emancipation of Mimi
album "E=MC²" → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: E=MC²
album "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel
LL Cool J → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
LL Cool J → associatedAct → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Getting Out Our Dreams → associatedWith → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Teyana Taylor → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
CyHi the Prynce → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Cruel Summer → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Big Sean – Finally Famous → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: Finally Famous
Pusha T – My Name Is My Name → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: My Name Is My Name
Teyana Taylor – K.T.S.E. → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: K.T.S.E.
Mercy → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Clique → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Clique → distributedBy → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Cold → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: Cold (GOOD Music song)
I Don't Like (remix) → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Desiigner → signedTo → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Desiigner → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
070 Shake → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
Kanye West – Late Registration → recordLabel → Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
subject surface form: Late Registration