Def Jam Recordings

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Sources

1. BookThe Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop
2. BookCan’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

Relations

founded by:

• Rick Rubinsince 1984

  Sources: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

• Russell Simmonssince 1984

  Sources: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

label of:

• Beastie Boyssince 1986

  Sources: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

• LL Cool Jsince 1984

  Sources: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop

Appears in2 items

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  Hip-Hop2 items
  • Def Jam starts in a dormitory1984
  • “Licensed to Ill” tops the Billboard 2007 Mar 1987