Kanye West is done with his sixth studio album according to a number of sources who should know. The rapper recently previewed new material at Def...

Jay-Z and Universal Music Group have signed a deal to move the rap mogul's Roc Nation imprint over from Sony/Columbia, according to the New York Times...

Rihanna may be the most productive hitmaker in pop music. The 24-year-old singer has already released six studio albums (Gaga has two), and rumors are...

Justin Bieber is the target of a new $9.2 million lawsuit. Stacey Wilson Betts is suing the singer for allegedly wreaking havoc on her ears. The c...

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!

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...