Def Jam Recordings

Summary

Def Jam Recordings is a record label^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.39% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,717 views/month, #9 of 2,290).^[2]

Key Facts

• Def Jam Recordings is in the country of United States^[3].
• Def Jam Recordings's instance of is recorded as record label^[4].
• Def Jam Recordings's founder is recorded as Rick Rubin^[5].
• Def Jam Recordings's founder is recorded as Russell Simmons^[6].
• jam session is named after Def Jam Recordings^[7].
• Def Jam Recordings's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[8].
• Def Jam Recordings's child organization or unit is recorded as GOOD Music^[9].
• Def Jam Recordings's child organization or unit is recorded as Def Jam Germany^[10].
• Def Jam Recordings's discography is recorded as Def Jam Recordings catalog^[11].
• Def Jam Recordings's Commons category is recorded as Def Jam Recordings^[12].
• 1984 marks the founding of Def Jam Recordings^[13].
• Def Jam Recordings's parent organization or unit is recorded as Universal Music Group^[14].
• Def Jam Recordings's parent organization or unit is recorded as Republic Corps^[15].
• Def Jam Recordings's distributed by is recorded as Virgin EMI Records^[16].
• Def Jam Recordings's distributed by is recorded as Universal Music Enterprises^[17].
• Def Jam Recordings's official website is recorded as http://www.defjam.com/^[18].
• Def Jam Recordings's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Def Jam Recordings^[19].
• Def Jam Recordings's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Def Jam'}^[20].
• Def Jam Recordings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+378000'}^[21].
• Def Jam Recordings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+410000'}^[22].
• Def Jam Recordings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+429000'}^[23].
• Def Jam Recordings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+434000'}^[24].

Body

Founding

Founders include Rick Rubin^[5] and Russell Simmons^[6]. 1984 marks the founding of Def Jam Recordings^[13].

Identity

Def Jam Recordings's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Def Jam'}^[20].

Operations

Def Jam Recordings's headquarters location is recorded as New York City^[8]. Parent organizations include Universal Music Group^[14], a record company^[25], in United States^[26], founded in 1934^[27], headquartered in Santa Monica^[28] and Republic Corps^[15], a record label group^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 2024^[31], headquartered in New York City^[32]. Subsidiaries include GOOD Music^[9], a record label^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 2004^[35], headquartered in New York City^[36] and Def Jam Germany^[10], a record label^[37], in Germany^[38].

Why It Matters

Def Jam Recordings ranks in the top 0.39% of record_label entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,717 views/month, #9 of 2,290).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]