Karl Jordan Jr., godson of the musician, was convicted last year of murder in the service of a drug deal. The judge found that the government had not proved the motive. By Santul Nerkar A federal ...

V for Vendetta is reportedly getting an HBO series. Variety reports today that Pete Jackson (who wrote the British series Somewhere Boy and is not the Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson, despite ...

During an interview on “Drink Champs,” co-hosted by N.O.R.E., also known as Noreaga, he mentioned that a few individuals are referenced when new artists are signed to Def Jam. These include LL Cool J, ...

Def Jam Recordings is one of the most storied record labels in history, and now fans can celebrate its heritage with a new merch collection. The collection consists of five pieces and is available now ...

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 ...

The OGs: Rick Rubin (left) and Russell Simmons back when. (Photo by Jim Steinfeldt via Getty Images) Russell Simmons says he was “shocked” to learn T La Rock and Jazzy Jay’s 1984 single “It’s Yours” ...

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 ...

Logic has admitted to “half-assing” the last songs he needed put out to get out of his deal with Def Jam Recordings. On a skit from his new joint album with Juicy J, Live and in Color, Logic sits down ...

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 ...

So, about Pusha T and Clipse getting let out of their deal, it wasn’t as easy as previously revealed. In case you missed it, Pusha T revealed that the album could have arrived last summer, but Def Jam ...

Clipse have confirmed that their long-awaited reunion album Let God Sort Em Out will no longer be released through Def Jam, following a dispute centered around Kendrick Lamar’s guest verse. In a ...

That Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef might’ve happened last year, but it keeps haunting the Hip-Hop community in the craziest ways. This time around, tensions between the two rappers are forcing record ...