It's Jay Z's birthday and we're looking back at the star over the years!

News One

R&B crooner August Alsina has been hard at work putting the finishing touches on his sophomore album This Thing Called Life and today, he treated his fans…

The most successful label in hip-hop history is Def Jam, with a cumulative 1,925 weeks on the chart.

Before signing to Def Jam Ludacris worked for a radio station. He tells us on “The Rickey Smiley Morning Show” he literally resigned and signed his record deal…

Well what do you know about that?! According to MTV, former Def Jam protege Trinidad James spoke about why he never needed Def Jam or…

Trinidad James is broke. Why? Because he just got dropped from Def Jam. The “All Gold Everything” rapper has quickly turned into a one hit…

Rihanna is known for making some surprising moves that keeps her fans guessing. In her latest move, the Bajan superstar has reportedly moved on from her label…

After dropping seven successful albums for the label, pop superstar Rihanna has decided to part ways with Def Jam Records. The island bombshell is leaving…

Def Jam celebrated its 30th anniversary on Tuesday at SXSW was a showcase of the label’s past and present artist performing some of their greatest hits…

  Chances are you found yourself humming the summer anthem “I Luv This Shit” and have been wondering ‘who is this August Alsina character?’ Alsina…

Uncle Russ has been in the kitchen cooking up something new. Russell Simmons,  music executive Steve Rifkind, who helped launch the careers of Wu-Tang Clang…