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...She worked her way up to senior jobs at Def Jam and Arista Records, where she worked with music mogul Clive Davis and stars such as Whitney Houston....
...Because the apps log workers’ data when they are on and off duty, recording every piece of information they can get their hands on — from their preferred routes, to how often they contact Uber services,...
...It is a self-help manual about how to unleash your inner artist, written by the celebrated record producer Rick Rubin, co-founder in 1984 of the pioneering New York rap label Def Jam Recordings....
...He self-released his album Blonde in 2016 the day after Endless was released by Def Jam....
...His mentor was the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, who brought Cohen to New York to work for his company Rush Artist Management in the mid-1980s, and then recruited him to Def Jam Recordings....
...Dixon in her early 20s landed her dream job: scouting talent for Def Jam recordings where she worked with artists such as the Notorious B.I.G....
...“Lately so many of us have gone astray,” he declares, eyes fixed on a larger scheme of failure and success. ★★★☆☆ ‘Exodus’ is released by Def Jam...
...Jay-Z accepted an offer from Universal Music to head Def Jam, parent of Roc-A-Fella, in 2004 partly because it enabled him to regain the rights to his master recordings — ultimate ownership of his work....
.... ★★☆☆☆ ‘Justice’ is released by RBMG/Def Jam Recordings...
...Among the handful of artists that have re-recorded songs after falling out with their labels are English rock group Def Leppard and singer-songwriter JoJo....
...“This is a much more complex issue than I think some people may realise,” said Mr Harleston, interim chief executive of Def Jam and general counsel for Universal Music....
...The new music pod Broken Record is the fruit of an unlikely collaboration between the New York essayist and author Malcolm Gladwell, the music producer and Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin and the journalist...
...Credits: Castle Communications, Warner Bros, Wagram Music, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Atlantic Records...
...Credits: Universal Music TV, Universal Music Enterprises, Parlophone UK, Interscope Records, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Tacca Musique...
...He plans to fight the allegations Russell Simmons Co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, several clothing lines; movie producer Date of accusation November 19 Accusation Sexually assaulting three women...
...Liam Gallagher’s Pretty Green fashion label (named after a Jam song) is a joint venture between footballer Joe Cole, the Prodigy’s Liam Howlett and an investment group....
...Credit: Rhino, Atlantic, Def Jam...
...Credits: Motown Record Company, Motown Records, Island Def Jam Records....
...Mike Hobart tells the story of Jimmy Forrest’s 1952 hit, an R&B smash that and crossed over to the pop charts with James Brown’s reinvention.Credits: Maarten Eilander, Soul City Blues, The Island Def Jam...
...Credits: Rendez-Vous Digital, The Island Def Jam Music Group, Not Now Music and EG Jazz...
...‘Summertime ’06’ is out now on Def Jam Recordings Photographs: Laura McCluskey; Getty Images...
...And so for half a decade independent operators built a scene on their own — until Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons signed a distribution deal for their indie label Def Jam with CBS Records in 1985, when the...
...From the pioneering record labels such as Def Jam and Death Row Records (co-founded by Dr Dre) to today’s sprawling entertainment and fashion empires, the whole industry is a testament to business ingenuity...
...Already one of the world’s biggest selling artists, he spent three years as president of Universal’s Def Jam Recordings, where he signed Rihanna and Kanye West before leaving to launch Roc Nation....
...His three-year spell in the mid-2000s as president of Def Jam Recordings was mixed, with the emergence of two superstars in Rihanna and Kanye West, but also a number of flops....
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