About this catalogue entry
Def Jam Recordings is included in this music label directory with a US territory association. The source classifies its type as Original Production.
Source note: US
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Associated release artists
Showing 80 of 697 credited artists. Explore the sourced release pages below for more credits.
Release credits do not imply a current signing or an exclusive artist roster.
Selected releases
4582 sourced releases in this catalogue. This is a partial collection, sorted by title; it is not a complete discography or a latest-release feed.
- How I Got Over →
Release date: 2010-07-09
- How I Got Over →
Release date: 2010-07-02
- How I Got Over ↗
Release date: 2010-06-22Release genres: hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- How I'm Comin' ↗
Release date: 1993-02-15Release genres: East Coast hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- How I’m Comin’ →
Release date: 1993
- How Low →
Release date: 2010
- How Low →
Release date: 2009-12-08
- How Low ↗
Release date: 2009-12-08Release genres: hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- How You Want It? →
Release date: 2019-08-02
- How to Be a Lady, Volume 1 →
Release date: 2009-05-26
- How to Be a Lady: Volume 1 ↗
Release date: 2009-05-26Release genres: contemporary R&B · Genre source ↗
- How's It Goin' Down →
Release date: 1998
- How's It Goin' Down ↗
Release date: 1998Release genres: dirty rap · East Coast hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- Hunned Racks →
Release date: 2024-02-02
- Hurricane →
Release date: 2021-08-27
- Hurricane →
Release date: 2021-09-24
- Hurricane →
Release date: 2021-08-29
- Hurricane ↗
Release date: 2021-09-14Release genres: contemporary R&B · hip-hop · pop music · Genre source ↗
- Hush →
Release date: 2005
- Hush →
Release date: 2005
- Hush ↗
Release date: 2005-02-15Release genres: pop rap · Genre source ↗
- Hustle Hard ↗
Release date: 2011-03-01Release genres: hardcore hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- Hustlin' ↗
Release date: 2006Release genres: dirty south · gangsta rap · mafioso rap · Southern hip-hop · trap music · Genre source ↗
- Héméra →
Release date: 2018-12-28
Artists linked to this entry
199 artists have a direct label association in Wikidata. These statements may be historical; they do not confirm a current contract or a release credit.
- 070 Shake ↗
Start: 2016 · Statement source ↗
- 2 Chainz ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- 24k.Right ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- 3rd Bass ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ad-Rock ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Adam Yauch ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Adekunle Gold ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Afrojack ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ai ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Alessia Cara ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Alonzo ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Amerie ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Anastasia Toufa ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Armani White ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ashanti ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ateyaba ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- August Alsina ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Axwell Λ Ingrosso ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ayoni ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- B.G. Knocc Out ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- BTS ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Beastie Boys ↗
Start: 1984 · End: 1988 · Statement source ↗
- Bibi Bourelly ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Big Boi ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
Founders
2 founding relationships reported by MusicBrainz. Dates describe the founding event, not a period of employment or a current role.
- Rick Rubin →
Founding date reported by MusicBrainz: 1984 · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Russell Simmons →
Founding date reported by MusicBrainz: 1984 · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
Recording contracts
10 sourced relationships. These source records may be historical and do not confirm a current roster or contract.
- AI →
Start: 2016 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Armani White →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- DJ Silent Asassin →
Start: 2016-12-30 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Hose →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Lady Gaga →
Start: 2006-09 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Lloyd →
Start: 2004 · End: 2009 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Slayer →
Start: 1985 · End: 1989 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Stonebwoy →
Start: 2022-05 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- The‐Dream →
End: 2014 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Wax →
Start: 2011-03 · End: 2012-08-24 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
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