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| 3 | Def Jam Recordings is an American record label, founded in 1984 by Music/RickRubin and Russell Simmons. It was later purchased by Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, and in 1998, was merged with Creator/IslandRecords and Creator/MercuryRecords to form the Island Def Jam Music Group (which absorbed Creator/{{Motown}} in 2011). Island Def Jam was dissolved in 2014, with Def Jam reverting back to its own label. Nowadays, it focuses primarily on hip-hop and urban music. |
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| 5 | In addition to music production, they were also behind the ''VideoGame/DefJamSeries'' of video games. |
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| 7 | Their only relation to Music/DefLeppard is that Rick Rubin asked Leppard’s singer Joe Elliot for permission to use the name “Def”. Joe, thinking that the record label would get nowhere, agreed -- something which he regrets to this day. |
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| 9 | [[AC:Notable subsidiary labels of Def Jam, past and present]] |
| 10 | * Def Jam South |
| 11 | * Def Soul |
| 12 | * Disturbing Tha Peace |
| 13 | * G.O.O.D. Music |
| 14 | * Murder Inc. |
| 15 | * Roc-A-Fella Records |
| 16 | * Ruff Ryders Entertainment |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | !!Notable artists, past and present, with Website/TvTropes pages: |
| 19 | [[index]] |
| 20 | * Music/TwoChainz |
| 21 | * Music/ThirdBass |
| 22 | * Music/{{Afrojack}} |
| 23 | * Music/JheneAiko |
| 24 | * Music/{{Alesso}} |
| 25 | * Music/{{Amerie}} |
| 26 | * Music/{{Ashanti}} |
| 27 | * Music/{{Babyface}} |
| 28 | * Music/BeastieBoys |
| 29 | ** 1986 - ''Music/LicensedToIll'' |
| 30 | * Music/ScarlettBelle |
| 31 | * Music/JustinBieber |
| 32 | * Big Boi of Music/OutKast |
| 33 | * Music/BigSean |
| 34 | * Music/ToniBraxton |
| 35 | * Music/{{BTS}} (Japan) |
| 36 | * Music/AlessiaCara |
| 37 | * Music/MariahCarey |
| 38 | * Music/{{Common}} |
| 39 | * Music/{{DMX}} |
| 40 | * Music/{{EPMD}} |
| 41 | * Music/InsaneClownPosse (as part of Island/Def Jam after the two labels merged) |
| 42 | ** 1999 - ''Music/TheAmazingJeckelBrothers'' |
| 43 | ** 2000 - ''Music/BizaarBizzar'' |
| 44 | * Music/TheIsleyBrothers |
| 45 | * Music/JayZ (also served as president of the label from 2006-2008) |
| 46 | * Music/DJKhaled (served as president of Def Jam South from 2009-2012) |
| 47 | * Music/PattiLaBelle |
| 48 | * Music/LilDurk |
| 49 | * Music/LLCoolJ |
| 50 | * Music/{{Ludacris}} |
| 51 | * Creator/ChristinaMilian |
| 52 | * Music/{{Nas}} |
| 53 | * Music/NeYo |
| 54 | * Music/FrankOcean |
| 55 | * Music/PublicEnemy |
| 56 | * Music/{{Rihanna}} |
| 57 | * Music/TheRoots |
| 58 | * Music/RickRoss |
| 59 | * Music/RickRubin |
| 60 | * Music/{{Scarface}} |
| 61 | * Music/{{Slayer}} |
| 62 | ** 1986 - ''Music/ReignInBlood'' |
| 63 | * Music/SlickRick |
| 64 | * Music/{{Stormzy}} |
| 65 | * Music/{{Twiztid}} (as part of Island/Def Jam after their merger) |
| 66 | * Music/HikaruUtada |
| 67 | ** ''[[Music/ExodusHikaruUtadaAlbum Exodus]]'' |
| 68 | * Music/KanyeWest |
| 69 | * Music/YoungJeezy |
| 70 | [[/index]] |
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