Kevin Liles, a longtime music executive who previously worked for Def Jam Recordings and The Island Def Jam Music Group, is ...

Island Records president and Island Def Jam Music Group COO Steve Bartels has been promoted to president and COO of IDJMG. By Mike Boyle, Billboard, The Associated Press NEW YORK — Island ...

Vivendi’s Island Def Jam Music Group named Jermaine Dupri president of urban music, a new division. Dupri, a producer and songwriter, will work on records for the Island Def Jam roster and help ...

Veteran music executive Barry Weiss steps down as Universal Music Group announces that Def Jam, Island and Motown Records will now function as standalone labels. By Shirley Halperin Universal ...

By Billboard Staff Island Def Jam Music Group announced the promotion of Nicole Wyskoarko from her current position as the vice president of business and legal affairs to senior VP of that same ...

Legendary hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings is the latest to try its ... based project Catalina Whale Mixer to create a virtual band. Called The Whales, the virtual band will pair colorful ...

By Benjamin James Universal Music Group’s Def Jam Recordings is the latest major label imprint to venture into Web3 through the launch of a virtual band, The Whales. Comprised of cartoon NFT ...

Universal Music Group has announced that it has leased new space for its New York offices at Penn 2, the recently completed ...

A small independent record company won a $132 million verdict against industry heavyweight Island Def Jam Music Group and its top executive on Tuesday in a dispute over an unreleased record by ...

Congrats are in order for Kanye West! The ESSENCE Music Festival headliner recently worked out a long-term agreement for his independent record label G.O.O.D. Music with Island Def Jam Music Group.

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