No I.D. is now celebrating his new role as Executive Vice President of Def Jam Recordings. He was previously Def Jam’s Executive Vice President of A&R.

“We wanna frame him as 50 Cent meets Justin Bieber!”
– Sickamore, Def Jam A&R

Lil Durk is preparing the official release of his upcoming mixtape “Signed To The Streets.”

“Mo Town was Def Jam. It was culturally important, R&B, Barry Gordy… now Motown is an afterthought”
– Irv Gotti

Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam records, wrote an open letter to Frank Ocean on the Global Grind praising the artist.