Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam or sometimes known as Def Jam Records) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip-hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The label has a London-based, UK arm known as 0207 Def Jam (formerly Def Jam UK in the 1990s until the mid-2000s) and is currently operated through Polydor Records. It has a Johannesburg, South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria-based arm known as Def Jam Africa.