Article: Powerhouses Bad Boy Records and Island/Def Jam Music Group Join Forces on New Album Hot & Wet from Multiplatinum Group 112; Release Date Set for September 23rd.

Article: Bad Boy and Def Jam Settle Case: New ...
U.S. Newswire;  February 20, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... arrangement, the parties have agreed to a deal to work together in connection with 112, under the Bad Boy/Def Jam logo. Together, Bad Boy and Def Jam will promote, market, A&R and split profits in connection with future 112 records. Bad Boy ...

Article: Upping volume in executive suite; Def Jam chief ...
Crain's New York Business;  April 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... lunch spot, Palm West, Def Jam President Kevin Liles is ... entertainment executive by making Def Jam Recordings, a part of Vivendi ... most successful, such as Def Jam founder Russell Simmons ... Combs, chairman of Bad Boy Entertainment, have remained ...

Article: SHYNE GODFATHER BURIED ALIVE DEF JAM ALLIGATOR ...
The Boston Globe;  August 20, 2004 ;     429 words ... ... Diddy in the New York nightclub shooting incident in 1999. The former Bad Boy, though, is making out all right. He's signed a multimillion dollar record deal with Def Jam while behind bars, and this is the first disc under the agreement ...

Article: Jailed rapper Shyne close to US$3 million deal with Island ...
AP Worldstream;  April 20, 2004 ;     435 words ... ... Dateline: LOS ANGELES Island Def Jam expects to sign imprisoned ... artist acquired by Island Def Jam Music Group since Antonio ... A spokesman for Island Def Jam parent Universal Music Group ... album on Combs' powerhouse Bad Boy Entertainment label was ...

Article: Def Jam Vendetta Takes Over a City Near You; In ...
PR Newswire;  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 10, 2003, Def Jam Records is launching the Def Jam Vendetta Tour. The tour & game challenge ... generated from the unprecedented sales of the Def Jam Vendetta video game. In it's first two weeks ...

Article: Def Jam's New Tune; Hit maker L.A. Reid remakes the ...
Newsweek International;  August 30, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... L.A.) Reid, the new CEO of Island Def Jam music--he took over in February ... critiquing music to be released soon on Def Jam, the hip-hop label. He's dancing ... Simmons, the hip-hop icon who cofounded Def Jam but sold it years ago, worries the stylish ...

Article: Def Jam FIGHT for NY Blazes onto Store Shelves from ...
Business Wire;  September 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... publisher, and urban music and lifestyle powerhouse Def Jam(R) have begun shipping Def Jam(R) FIGHT for NY(TM) to retailers nationwide ... GameCube(TM) under the EA GAMES(TM) brand. Def Jam FIGHT for NY thrusts players onto the mean streets ...