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I Take "The Pollywog EP" On Consignment From Adam Yauch, I Play In A Band With Richie Teeter

Binky Philips | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: St Mark's Place, Rich Teeter, Binky Philips, Adam Yauch, Def Jam, Beastie Boys, Dictators, New York Rock, Twisted Sister, Entertainment News

I won't take up too much of your time here. Just had a few thoughts on Adam "MCA" Yauch... and Richie Teeter. We lost Richie Teeter about 3 weeks before we lost Adam. F**king cancer!

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Spotify Gets New Apps

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Domino, Spotify Apps, New Spotify Apps, Streaming Music, Def Jam App, Def Jam, Spotify, Matador, Online Music, Download Spotify Apps, Video, Record Labels, Spotify Player Apps, Spotify App Player, Slidepollajax, Streaming Music Players, Technology News

Spotify is continuing its push to become a robust music platform, not just a music player. The company has announced a big batch of new apps that will...

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4EvaNaThursday : Big K.R.I.T. Touches Down at Highline Ballroom

Jerell Tongson | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Hip Hop, Mississippi, Big k.r.i.t., NY Around Town, Def Jam, Big Sant, Highline Ballroom, Awesome, 4evanaday, New York News

It was par for a K.R.I.T. show, brazenly honest raps and an arsenal of flows to go with that trademark bounce. Smoke DZA even got in on the fun.

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2 Chainz and Asher Roth Lead by Example at Gramercy Theater

Jerell Tongson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Gunplay, Ace Hood, 2 Chainz, Asher Roth, Torch, Vado, NY Around Town, Def Jam, Slidepollajax, New York News

Asher Roth decidedly stepped the crowd-work up for the night. He climbed across the stage to the bleachers as he ripped through cuts from last year's criminally underappreciated Pabst & Jazz.

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Ne-Yo Leaves Def Jam For Motown Records

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Motown Records, Ne-Yo, Def Jam, Def Jam Records, Bv-Pop-Culture-Entertainment, Black Voices News

Today Universal Music Group has announced the acquisition of three-time Grammy Award-winner, Ne-Yo and his label imprint, Compound Entertainment, to M...

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Rihanna And David LaChapelle Settle 'S&M' Lawsuit

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Rihanna, Rihanna Lawsuit, Pop Music, Rihanna Controversy, Rihanna v Lachapelle, Pop Video, Sexy Video, David Lachapelle, Striped Face, S&M, Def Jam, S&m Music Video, Video, Arts News

Although Rihanna has crooned "it feels so good being bad," it looks like she got a small taste of punishment for her 'S&M' music video this week, and ...

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WATCH: Russell Simmons' Art For Life Benefit

East Hampton, NY Patch | Matthew Margolis | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Russell Simmons, New York, Crowdrise, Artists, Def Jam, Edward Norton, East Hampton, Art, Video, Hamptons, Soledad O'Brien, Art for Life, Artist, Rush Philanthropic, Danny Simmons, Patch, Arts News

Soledad O'Brien, Danny Simmons and Edward Norton take a few minutes to talk about the importance of art. The 12th annual Art for Life Benefit for R...

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Introducing Leverage Records: A Conversation With Stephen Levinson, Rick Rubin, Michael Goldberg and Isaac Heymann

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Leverage, Tony Bennett, Snoop, Leverage Records, Rick Rubin, Isaac Heymann, Def Jam, Eminem, M.I.A., American, Christina Aguilera, Slumdog Millionaire, Michael Goldberg, 50 Cent, Bow Wow, Entertainment News

From the teams who brought us Entourage as the labels Def Jam now comes Leverage Records, a division that will focus on developing and releasing projects by new talent as well as music placement in films and television.

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Why Is Jay-Z Still Angry With Cristal?

Vaios Papanagnou | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hip Hop, Def Jam Records, Hip Hop Culture, Jay-Z, Jay Z, Def Jam, Cristal, Entertainment News

What Jay-Z misses is that the connections between cultural capital and class are less important for the dominant classes. They can transfer economic capital through inheritance and gain social capital through privileged social connections.

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ALBUM ART CONTROVERSY: Kanye West Album Art By George Condo "Banned"?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, George Condo, Records, Twitter, Art Controversy, Kanye West, Phoenix, Def Jam, Album, Cover Art, Music, Album Art, Best Buy, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Arts News

Read the fine print on the better-reported stories about Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and they contradict the headlines. West's cov...

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Russell Simmons' Auction Includes $200,000 Bed

AP | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Saddle River, Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, Kimora Lee Simmons, Ussell Simmons, Nj, Def Jam, MTV Cribs, NYC Real Estate, New York News

SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- Buyers checking out the contents of a New Jersey estate once owned by Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons should bring a lot of cash....

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Global Beat Fusion: How the Roots Got Over

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Roots, How I Got Over, Rap, Hip Hop, Def Jam, Entertainment News

Eight of us packed into a midsize sedan to travel from New Brunswick, NJ, to Lowell, MA, in the fall of 1993. Engulfed by furniture factories, thrift ...

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Jay-Z Denied Permission To Perform On Ed Sullivan Theater Roof

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ed Sullivan Theater, Jay-Z, Def Jam, Drake, Michael Bloomberg, The Late Show With David Letterman, David Letterman, Video, New York News

Jay-Z's dream may be shattered thanks to the mayor of his beloved "concrete jungle." The rapper and CEO of Def Jam records had hoped to deliver a su...

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Metrophobia: Are We Afraid Of Poetry?

Kim Rosen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mary Oliver, Performing Arts, Slam Poetry, Swine Flu, Pandemic, June Jordan, Invictus, Poetry Out Loud, Def Jam, Poetry, Metrophobia, Rumi, Saved by a Poem, Kim Rosen, The Millions Poet, Poem, Health, Healthy Living News

For the last few generations, our nation has managed to marginalize poetry, an art that is and always has been central to the species.

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Shakir Stewart, Jay-Z's Successor At Def Jam, Suicides

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shakir Stewart, Jay-Z, Def Jam, Music, Shakir Stewart Cause of Death, Entertainment News

ATLANTA — The executive who succeeded Jay-Z as the head of hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound near ...

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Jay-Z Steps Down As President Of Def Jam

New York Times | JEFF LEEDS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Def Jam, Def Jam Records, Shawn Carter, Jay-Z, Business News

After an unusual three-year turn in the corporate suite, Jay-Z, the rap superstar, said Monday that he would step down from his post as president of D...

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More Music Layoffs: A Dozen At DefJam

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Universal Music Group, Greg Thompson, Rob Stevenson, Paul Pontius, Def Jam, Warner Music Group, Sony BMG, Business News

Unfortunately for employees at big music labels, it looks as if we're going to be hearing this refrain for a while: Universal Music Group's Island Def...

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