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.

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.

Phat Farm is a national fashion line created by Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings.

He is the brother of Daniel " Danny " Simmons, Jr. and Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam Records.

He began working in New York City for Def Jam's co-founder, Russell Simmons, in the early part of 1985, spearheading Rush Artist Management, the management division of Simmons ' Def Jam / Rush operations and bringing a semblance of order to the often chaotic office shared by both the label and management.

* 1960 – Rick Savage, British bassist ( Def Leppard )

* 1963 – Rick Allen, British musician ( Def Leppard )

** Rick Allen, British rock musician ( Def Leppard )

The Blue Scholars have opened for and shared stages with such artists as De La Soul, Slick Rick, Kanye West, Immortal Technique, Masta Ace, Mos Def and Little Brother.

Bob Geldof also invited Def Leppard to perform at the event, but due to Rick Allen's car accident and uncertain future of the next album, they turned it down.

* Rick Allen ( drummer ) ( born 1963 ), British musician with the rock band Def Leppard

In attendance was Rick Rubin, who was scouting for potential bands to sign to his record label, Def American.

** Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen loses his left arm in a car wreck.

The album was also the first release on producer Rick Rubin's new label Def American Recordings.

The label was founded as Def American Recordings after Rick Rubin left Def Jam Recordings in 1988.

and Joe Elliott and Rick Savage from Def Leppard.

* Rick Savage – member of Def Leppard –

Derided as one-hit wonders and estranged from their original producer, Rick Rubin, and record label, Def Jam, the Beastie Boys were in self-imposed exile in Los Angeles during early 1988 and were written off by most music critics before even beginning to record their second studio album, Paul's Boutique.

He also shook the hand of Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen.

South of Heaven was Slayer's second album to enter the Billboard 200, and its last to be released by Def Jam Recordings, although the album became an American Recordings album after Rick Rubin ended his partnership with Russell Simmons.

He and Rick Rubin founded the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam.

The band's new lineup released an all-new studio album in 1992, American Grafishy on Rick Rubin's Def American imprint, which veered into a somewhat new style and wasn't as well-received as their previous work.

All themes are composed by Def Con Dos ( save Fight For Your Right ( Bebe y Lucha ) by Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin ) and sung in Spanish ( save Que te fagorishen and Garaipena ).

When Yauch was 22, the Beastie Boys, then performing as a hip hop trio ( via Rick Rubin ), released their first album Licensed to Ill on Def Jam Records.

Many other Rock and Roll drummers have switched to or began with Ludwig drums during their careers: Brian Bennett of the Shadows, Ian Paice of Deep Purple, Simon Kirke of Bad Company, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Ronnie Tutt with Elvis Presley, Aynsley Dunbar of Journey, Jefferson Starship, Peter Criss ( before switching to Pearl ) and his successor, Eric Carr of KISS, Lars Ulrich of Metallica ( before switching to Tama ), Herman Rarebell of Scorpions, Graeme Edge of the Moody Blues, Roger Pope of Hookfoot, Elton John and Hall and Oates, Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche, Carl Palmer of Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Asia, Alan White of Yes, Matt Frenette of Loverboy, Steve Negus of Saga, Rick Allen of Def Leppard, Will Berman of MGMT, Rob Bennett of The Pacific Raiders, Carlton Barret ( Bob Marley and the Wailers ) and Baxter Mawoza of Synthesisare.