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MARIAH CHATS ABOUT HER COMEBACK AND NEW ALBUM MARIAH DISHES ON WHAT SHE DOESN’T LIKE ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF HIP HOP AND R&B Mariah Carey is BACK! She took a chance to check in with iiKane and “The Ko Show” to promote her new album and SMASH single Triumphant featuring Rick Ross and Meek […]
Hip Hop legend Nas took time out of his busy schedule to chat with iiKane for the “The Ko Show” E! REPORT. Nas took a break from the game is is back and at #1 with his new album “LIFE IS GOOD” in stores NOW! Check out the exclusive interview below as he chats about his family, […]
Kevin Liles was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 27. Kevin Liles ascent from unpaid intern to president, author, philanthropist, motivational speaker and consultant to many entertainment and political boards began in 1991 when he became an unpaid intern for Def Jam in the Mid-Atlantic region. By 1993, he had become the Mid-Atlantic Marketing Manager […]
Since his 2001 debut release of “Can’t Deny It” on his debut album, “Ghetto Fabulous”, which sold over 1.05 million copies and ranked number three on the Billboards, Fabo has been a talented lyricist respected by many. In 2003 he released “Street Dreams” and in 2004 he released the album, “Real Talk”, which peaked at […]
Def Jam Records launched 25 years ago, and Jay-Z and Young Jeezy came by the Spotted Pig in New York City to celebrate. The private dinner took place on Friday (October 14th), after Def Jam founders Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons spoke at the New York Public Library about the label’s early years chronicled in […]
Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music has signed a worldwide label agreement deal with Def Jam music! Kanye brings with him artist Big Sean who is said to benefit the most from the new deal. Sean is the “first G.O.O.D. Music signee to have a project released via the label agreement, with his debut album Finally Famous […]
Check out Def Jam’s newest artist, K’La, in her new video, All Your Love. All Your Love is the first single off her mixtape, The Coldest Winter Ever: A Mixtape
Though she was born & raised in Gary Indiana, Def Jam’s newest artist, K’La, can be heard blowing thru the speakers down in the ATL. Slowly but surely, she is making her way up the coast. The R&B singer got signed to Def Jam after V-103 in Atlanta added her song, All Your Love, from […]
In this exclusive video premiere on TheUrbanDaily, Dan Charnas, author of the epic new book The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop, bursts a few widely-held myths about hip-hop. Myth #1: Suge Knight sprung Tupac from jail Myth #2: The Source was the first hip-hop magazine Myth #3: Kool Herc “invented” hip-hop […]
Record company people aren’t all shady. At least according to Chrisette Michele. The Def Jam song star is releasing her third album, Let Freedom Reign, on the iconic label today and has learned a great deal about the industry since her 2007 debut I AM. In this interview with TheUrbanDaily (conducted before her labelmate showed […]
Sheek Louch is loving the drama that his album cover has been creating. The artwork for Donnie G: Don Gorilla shows a split image of Sheek’s face with a gorilla’s sparking outrage that he is calling up racist stereotypes of Black folks. But he doesn’t seem fazed in the least.
