Irv Gotti, the Murder Inc. Records label executive who helped launch Ja Rule and Ashanti to stardom, has died at age 54.

“Def Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,” Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global head of music ... “The ...

“Def Jam has lost one of its most creative soldiers who was hip-hop,” Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s global ... get the more I love hanging out with my kids… And spoiling them,” he wrote in ...

West signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, a subsidiary of Def Jam Recordings, in 2002 and released his breakout debut album, The ...

Lyor Cohen, a former Def Jam exec and current YouTube head, has penned an open letter asking Kanye West 'to be more sensitive ...

Ye has gone scorched earth on Lyor Cohen, blasting the veteran music executive for allegedly “promoting Black death” during his career in the music industry. The 47-year-old lashed out at ...

The Def Jam Recordings alum currently serves as global head of music at YouTube. By Shirley Halperin Lyor Cohen, who held key executive roles at Def Jam Recordings from 1988 to 2004, has addressed ...

Kanye West fired back at Lyor Cohen in a fiery Instagram rant, accusing him of profiting from violence in Hip-Hop and demanding an apology. Kanye West is responding to former Def Jam Recordings ...

Lyor Cohen, the global head of music at YouTube and former CEO of Def Jam, has written a powerful open letter to Kanye West, condemning his ongoing use of harmful rhetoric, including antisemitic ...

The Global Head of Music at YouTube, Lyor Cohen penned an open letter to rapper Kanye West after he made antisemitic comments on X on Friday, February 7, 2025. The rapper's X account was ...