Upon hearing Ridenhour's demo track " Public Enemy Number One ", fledgling producer / upcoming music-mogul Rick Rubin insisted on signing him to his Def Jam label.

After the sale of the Tommy Boy Records ' master tapes to Warner Bros. Records, Everlast signed with Island / Def Jam, and released the solo LP White Trash Beautiful in 2004.

He also appears as himself in Def Jam: Fight for NY and UFC: Tapout fighting video games.

The group then separated from Def Jam and has since been independently producing, marketing, and publishing their music.

In 1990, Russell Simmons gave Paul an imprint under his Def Jam label.

When Public Enemy was formed and signed to Def Jam, Ridenhour invited Griffin to be a sideman.

Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin had already left the label by then ; taking his place alongside Russell Simmons was Lyor Cohen, the son of Israeli immigrants who had run Rush Artist Management since 1985.

When Public Enemy reformed, due to increasing attention from the press and pressure from Def Jam hierarchy, Griffin was no longer with the band.

were featured in the hip hop film Krush Groove, a fictionalized re-telling of Russell Simmons ' rise as a hip-hop entrepreneur and his struggles to get his own label, Def Jam Recordings, off the ground.

The film featured a young Blair Underwood as Russell, along with appearances by old-school legend Kurtis Blow, The Fat Boys, teen pop act New Edition, LL Cool J, Prince protegee Sheila E., and hip hop's first successful white rap group the Beastie Boys, who were signed to Simmons ' Def Jam label.

and the Def Jam label.

Though the group itself was never signed to the label, they were managed by Russell Simmons, produced by Rick Rubin ( who was co-founder of Def Jam, along with Simmons ), and often shared concert tour spotlight with acts on the label's roster.

finally signing with the Def Jam label, which by then was no longer held by its original founders.

The album was released in the UK on Parlophone but in US, on the Island Def Jam imprint.

The innovations of Run-D. M. C., LL Cool J, and new school producers such Larry Smith, and Rick Rubin of Def Jam, were quickly advanced on by the Beastie Boys, Marley Marl and his Juice Crew MCs, Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, and Eric B.

Other examples of the dozens in reverse, from other comedians, can be found in the cable TV program Def Comedy Jam, which was a production of Def Jam founder Russell Simmons's company.

Los Angeles band The Bronx briefly appeared on Island Def Jam Music Group for the release of their 2006 self-titled album, which was named one of the top 40 albums of the year by Spin magazine.

* Sterling Simms, singer on Def Jam

The group was moved to Island Def Jam Music Group, which they eventually left after conflict with the label about creative input.

During this time period, Mercury Records, the band's label, had been merged with Island Def Jam.

After a three year struggle, the brothers left Island Def Jam Records to seek more creative freedom.

They also visited colleges to showcase Strong Enough to Break, the documentary chronicling difficulties with and departure from Island Def Jam.

Big Boi is a playable character in the Def Jam: Icon videogame.

So far two sequels have been released :'s Def Jam: Fight for NY and's Def Jam: Icon.

He also voiced a character in the video game Def Jam: Icon.

* Def Jam: Icon

* Def Jam: Icon " Get Low ( song )" song featured in this game ;

Def Jam: Fight for NY is the sequel to Def Jam Vendetta, a hip hop-influenced 3D action game released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox and is followed by Def Jam: Icon.

Hong's voice also appeared as Colonel Zhou Peng in the video game Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Dr. Chang in 2007's Def Jam Icon, Ancient Wu in True Crime: Streets of LA, and reprising his role as Chew in the Blade Runner video game.

* Def Jam: Icon ( 2007 )-Platinum

* Def Jam Icon As Platinum

He also opened for Def Leppard at the Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto on July 16, 2007.

On April 16, 2007, Def Leppard announced a 50-date 2007 tour, which included Styx and Foreigner as supporting acts.

Leaving DreamWorks for Island Def Jam's Def Soul Classics imprint, the brothers released the 2006 album, Baby Makin ' Music, which peaked at # 5 on the Billboard 200 and included the R & B hit, " Just Came Here to Chill ", following that up with their first Christmas album, I'll Be Home for Christmas, in 2007.

Def Leppard performing in Minot, North Dakota, US, on 26 July 2007

Mercury Records was relaunched in 2007 as a label under the Island Def Jam Music Group, appointing record executive David Massey as the President and CEO of the new venture.

Foreigner joined Def Leppard along with Styx on tour in 2007.

In early 2007, Jadakiss signed to Roc-a-Fella Records / Def Jam Records.

" Love Will Keep You Up All Night ", one of the tracks she had written at Island Def Jam Music Group with Billy Mann, was released in late 2007 on the Backstreet Boys album, Unbreakable.

Though Stolen Transmission severed its official relationship with Island Def Jam in December 2007 ,< ref >

Major Tom also has had and continues to have passing references in other popular songs, such as: Five Star's 1986 song " Rain or Shine ", Def Leppard's 1987 song " Rocket ", Marilyn Manson's 1997 song " Apple of Sodom, Lorraine Bowen's 2002 song " Space ", The Mars Volta's 2005 song " Cicatriz: Part III ", Cold's 2005 song " Happens All The Time ", Alphabeat's 2007 song " Fantastic 6 ", and The Cab's 2011 song " Angel With A Shotgun ".

Long removed from print, it was considered a rare collector's item until Def Jam reissued the single in Europe in 2007.

* I'll Sleep When You're Dead-by El-P-featuring Matt Sweeney on guitar ( 2007 ) Def Jux

* Hell's Winter-by Cage Kennylz-featuring Matt Sweeney on guitar ( 2007 ) Def Jux

As posted on the their webpage in September 2007: Def Tech dispersed, citing different opinions on music direction as the cause for the split.

Jay-Z's contract as president of Def Jam was not renewed, forcing him to step down at the end of 2007, remaining with Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings as a recording artist.