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.

Aliases (5)

Def Jam ×3
East Coast hip hop ×1
Justin Bieber (via Def Jam/Island, historically) ×1
Rihanna (via Def Jam/Westbury Road, historically) ×1
Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam joint release ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop record label → music company → record label →
country	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 →

Referenced by (213)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
070 Shake → 2 Chainz → 808s & Heartbreak → A Girl Like Me → Addiction → All Falls Down → Amazing → Anti → Bad News → Beastie Boys → Believe What I Say → Big Boi → Big Sean → Black America Again → Bring Me Down → Can't Tell Me Nothing → Clique → Cold (GOOD Music song) → Coldest Winter → Common → Crack Music → Cruel Summer → CyHi the Prynce → DMX → Daytona → Desiigner → Devil in a New Dress → Diamonds from Sierra Leone → Discipline → Donda → Donda 2 → Drive Slow → Drunk and Hot Girls → E=MC² → FML → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 → Feedback → Finally Famous → Flashing Lights → Follow God → Foxy Brown → Freestyle 4 → Gold Digger → Gone → Good Girl Gone Bad → Good Life → Gorgeous → Graduation → Hands On → Heard 'Em Say → Heartless → Hell of a Life → Highlights → How I Got Over → H•A•M → I Don't Like (remix) → I Thought About Killing You → I Wonder → Ill Na Na → It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back → It's Almost Dry → Jay-Z → Jhené Aiko → Justin Bieber → K.T.S.E. → Kacy Hill → Keep My Spirit Alive → Kids See Ghosts → Kids See Ghosts (album) → LL Cool J → Late Registration → Late Registration → Letter to the Free → Licensed to Ill → Lil Durk → Logic → Lord I Need You → Loud → Ludacris → Mariah Carey → Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel → Mercy → Method Man → Monster (Kanye West song) → Music of the Sun → My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → My Name Is My Name → My Name Is My Name → Nas → New Day → New Day ("Def Jam") → No Church in the Wild → Nobody's Smiling → Off the Grid → On God → Otis → Paranoid → Public Enemy → Pure Souls → Pusha T → Radio (LL Cool J album) → Rated R → Remote Control → Rick Ross → Rihanna → Rising Down → Robyn Rihanna Fenty → Roses → Rude Boy → Runaway → Saliva → See You in My Nightmares → So Appalled → Street Lights → Stronger → Sunday Service Choir → Talk That Talk → Tell the Vision → Terrence LeVarr Thornton → Terrence LeVarr Thornton → Teyana Taylor → That's My Bitch → The Blueprint → The College Dropout → The Day Women Took Over → The Emancipation of Mimi → The Glory → The Life of Pablo → The New Workout Plan → Through the Wire → Tical → Umbrella → Unapologetic → Undun → Use This Gospel → Valee → Warren G → Watch the Throne → Waves → We Belong Together → We Found Love → Welcome to Heartbreak → Who Gon Stop Me → Who Will Survive in America → Why I Love You → Wolves → Wouldn't Leave → Wu-Tang Clan → YG → Ye → Yeezus → …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin →	recordLabel
All Mine → All of the Lights → Blame Game → Dark Fantasy → Diamonds ("Def Jam") → Every Hour → Everything I Am → Fade → Ghost Town → Jesus Is King → Jesus Walks → King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude → Lost in the World → Love Lockdown → Niggas in Paris → Only Girl (In the World) → Power → Real Friends → RoboCop → Say You Will → Selah → The Roots → Ultralight Beam → Violent Crimes → Welcome to the Jungle →	label
GOOD Music → Getting Out Our Dreams → Made in America → Murder to Excellence → Plain Pat →	associatedWith
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 → No Mistakes → Water (song) →	recordedFor
Ghostface Killah → LL Cool J →	associatedAct
Clique → Donda →	distributedBy
Universal Music Group ("Rihanna (via Def Jam/Westbury Road, historically)") → Universal Music Group ("Justin Bieber (via Def Jam/Island, historically)") →	notableArtistRosterIncludes
Def Jam Germany → Def Jam South →	parentOrganization
Desiigner → Valee →	signedTo
West Coast G-funk sound →	associatedLabel
Def Jam Germany →	basedOn
Def Jam South →	brandOf
Rick Rubin →	coFounded
Def Jam South →	distributionLabel
Roc-A-Fella Records →	distributor
No I.D. →	employer
The Notorious B.I.G. ("East Coast hip hop") →	genre
Radio (LL Cool J album) →	helpedDefineSoundOf
Roc-A-Fella Records →	imprintOf
Flashing Lights →	isAssociatedWith
Licensed to Ill ("Def Jam") →	labelImprint
The College Dropout ("Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam joint release") →	labelMarketing
Big Sean →	memberOf
Island Def Jam Music Group →	oversawLabel
Universal Music Group →	owns
Wouldn't Leave →	publisher
Island Def Jam Music Group →	successor