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A Timeline of the Major Events That Defined Def Jam’s Legacy in Hip-Hop
With the help of his parents’ funding, Rick Rubin founded Def Jam Recordings in his New York University dorm room back in 1983.
After being introduced to Russell Simmons, who had already made a name for himself managing his brother and the rest of Run-D.M.C., the duo became partners to launch the iconic label, and the rest is history.
Def Jam has outlasted all of its counterparts it entered the game with, but it hasn’t always been easy getting to this point.
The label has endured a multitude of changes at the helm over the years. Rubin left the label to start his own in 1988 after Lyor Cohen was appointed president of the operation, as the duo couldn’t overcome their creative differences.
Even with artists like EPMD, Public Enemy and LL Cool J blossoming, there would still be financial troubles that plagued the label, leading to a revolving door of leadership