Standout: "Shooter McGavin" Also Check Out: "Macchiato Music" And: "We Don't Know" Name: D-WHY Age: 24 Reppin’: West Virginia, but I'm currently based in NYC and Los Angeles. My style and/or ...

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Russell Simmons talks earlier years of Def Jam Records...

I’m a hip-hop head, but first and foremost I’m a music dude. Always have been, always will be. It’s part of my DNA. And as ...

Photography Jonathon Mannion Lyor Cohen is about to pull a power move. “Is Method Man confirmed?” he asks a publicist. Cohen is inquiring about Meth’s participation ...

We dreamed a lil’ too big this month, folks. We thought it was possible to get, like, 30-plus past and present Def Jam rappers together ...

In celebration of Def Jam’s quarter century in the music business, XXL has selected a handful of the label’s roster, past and present, to grace ...