The ex-Def Jam president states her legal team requested the money to avoid putting false 'grooming' accusations in a book she plans on publishing Former Def Jam president Kevin Liles has publicly ...

Def Jam was launched in 1984 by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons. Pioneering hip-hop record company Def Jam is now officially 40 years old. The label launched its birthday celebration with a ...

Simmons is best known as the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, a label that helped launch the careers of iconic artists ... He has published several books on yoga, meditation, ...