The Jane Doe now suing former Def Jam President Kevin Liles with allegations he raped her in a company office in 2002 previously signed a settlement agreement that released Def Jam’s owner, UMG, and ...

DJ Khaled is bringing his We the Best imprint to Def Jam, leaving Sony Music, where he was signed to Epic Records, for a joint venture with Universal Music Group. In addition, the rapper-producer has ...

DJ Khaled left Sony Music’s Epic Records for UMG’s Def Jam Recordings, returning to a label he once worked for as an A&R. DJ Khaled signed a deal with Def Jam Recordings and secured a new job as ...

Former Def Jam honcho Kevin Liles is filing to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit brought against him earlier this year for alleged decades-old sexual harassment, assault and rape allegations. A woman ...

Music executive Kevin Liles has released a statement following the lawsuit filed against him, Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group by a woman accusing him of rape. "I absolutely deny the ...

DJ Khaled has reunited with the Def Jam family. And, of course, he took his We the Best imprint with him. The Grammy winner announced the news during a Thursday press conference in Miami, confirming ...

2025 is off to a fast start in the hip-hop world as Billboard Unfiltered returns with another brand new episode on Friday (Jan. 17). Gelo’s “Tweaker” hit debuted at No. 29 on this week’s Billboard Hot ...

That Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef might’ve happened last year, but it keeps haunting the Hip-Hop community in the craziest ways. This time around, tensions between the two rappers are forcing record ...

"They wanted me to ask Kendrick to censor his verse, which of course I was never doing,” Pusha T said in an interview GQ, adding that he and Clipse left the label over the disagreement. By Kyle ...

Why Is UMG Removing Its Artists From TikTok? In an open letter published on the company’s website on Tuesday (January 30), UMG expresses a number of concerns about an ongoing partnership with the app.