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Def Jam, which began as a boutique label, is today iconicLabel was co-founded by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons in 1984Writer: Def Jam is "the Motown Records of hip-hop"Company has evolved to include other genres of music (CNN) -- A recipe that includes... Full Article at CNN
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Def Jam. The two words have become synonymous with culture, style and great music. Beginning in a dorm room, Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin wanted to make music, hip-hop music. Full Article at Hypebeast
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I think Def Jam has done a whole lot for hip-hop, for music in general. It's just given us a face of hip-hop for us to want to become a part of something ... Even the rappers from the west[ern U.S.] wanted to be a part of Def Jam. Def Jam was like the Mecca of hip-hop.
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I don't think the people that run Def Jam today have a clue
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I think the label attempts to reflect the experiences the youth culture is going through ... I think that as long as we mirror what's happening that the label will continue to be relevant.
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Def Jam was the label that you kind of grew up with, so it was definitely a goal of mine to work here
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