Key facts
- Parent company
- Universal Music Group (1998–present), Previously , CBS Records Group (1984–1991), Sony Music Entertainment, Inc. (1991–1994), PolyGram (1994–1998)
- Founded
- 1984 ; 42 years ago ( 1984 )
- Founder
- Rick Rubin Russell Simmons
- Distributors
- Republic (United States) Universal Music Group (International) 0207 Def Jam/ Polydor (United Kingdom) Island Def Jam (France) UMe (Reissues) Def Jam Africa (South Africa and Nigeria)
- Genre
- Various, predominantly on Hip-hop and R&B
- Country of origin
- United States
- Location
- New York City , New York , U.S.
- Official website
- defjam .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- record label
- Named after
- jam session
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Russell Simmons
- Headquarters
- New York City
- Official website
- www.defjam.com
- Image
- Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet (Album-CD) (Australasia-1994).jpg
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- Commons category
- Def Jam Recordings
- topic's main category
- Category:Def Jam Recordings
- inception
- 1984-00-00
- short name
- Def Jam
- social media followers
- 434000
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Encyclopedic overview
Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam or sometimes known as Def Jam Records) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip-hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop.
The label has a London-based, UK arm known as 0207 Def Jam (formerly Def Jam UK in the 1990s until the mid-2000s) and is currently operated through Polydor Records. It has a Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria-based arm known as Def Jam Africa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Def Jam Recordings” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.